Jena
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 40 babies a year in the US.
Jena by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Jena. In the US, 40 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 619 babies in 1986, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Jena
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
- JanaGod is gracious; form of Jane or Jeana54 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jemagem or precious stone; a form of Jemma or Gemma17 in the US (2017)
- Jeanaa form of jean; god is gracious13 in the US (2017)
- Jenangarden or paradise5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jinaa form of jinnah, from jinn7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jena
Names that are said the same way as Jena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Jena
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