Dena
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning judged; a form of Dinah or Dean.
Dena by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Dena. In the US, 42 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,541 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Dean
Like Dena, each of these traces back to Dean: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Dinah
Like Dena, each of these traces back to Dinah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Dena
Names that are said the same way as Dena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Dena
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