—2024 rank
1970peak year
32,401babies named Dena since 1880
▼ 12%5-year trend
Dena popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Dena mean?
A spelling variant of Dinah, the biblical daughter of Jacob and Leah, from Hebrew meaning judged or vindicated; also a short form of names ending in -dena.
OriginHebrew
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylevintage, classic
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Spellings & variants
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