Worldwide, Taenia (Tenia 
, Taenia 
) is a rare principally female, but very seldom boy's given name. The first name Taenia is characteristic of Greece, where it is a rare female name, the United States, and Algeria, where it is a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in the United States, Indonesia, and Algeria. Likewise, Taenia is the last name as well as the forename.