Throughout the world, Zena (Zena 
, زينا 
, זינה 
) is a common female forename. The given name Zena is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is quite a common female name, Syria, and Lebanon, where it is quite a common principally female, but very infrequently male name (explore the name in all countries). Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Syria. Very seldom, Zena is the last name as well as the forename.
Zena is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| Zena | Tanzania, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Ethiopia |
| زينا | Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Algeria |
| זינה | Israel |
| Зена | Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan |
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zena dare British actress and singer (1887-1975), GB (b. 1887) |
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zena keefe American actress, US (b. 1896) |
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zena latto American musician, US (b. 1925) |
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zena skinner British TV chef, GB (b. 1927) |
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| zena schlupe hanberg (b. 1881) |
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| zena tsarfin American journalist, US (b. 1901) |
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| zena cole American Paralympic discus thrower, US (b. 1901) |
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| zena tessensohn Singaporean sports official, SG (b. 1909) |
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| zena clenny New Zealand artist and printmaker, NZ (b. 1914) |
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| zena daysh New Zealand human ecologist, NZ (b. 1914) |
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| zena dorothy king (born 1915) (b. 1915) |
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| zena rommett American dancer and teacher (1920-2010), US (b. 1920) |
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| zena abbott New Zealand weaver and teacher (1922-1993), NZ (b. 1922) |
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| zena stein South African epidemiologist, ZA (b. 1922) |
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| zena smith blau American professor, US (b. 1922) |
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