Lavena

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lavena by the numbers

Lavena was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 32 babies in 1922, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Lavena

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 Lavena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lavinapurified; a form of Lavinia37 in the US (2017)
  • Lavernagoddess of thieves and magic in Roman mythology
  • Lovena6 in the US (2017)
  • Leenahospitable; a form of Lena80 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lorenafrom Lorraine; crowned with laurel; a form of Lorain or Lauren54 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Laviniawoman from lavinium28 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Lavena

Names that are said the same way as Lavena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Lavena

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