Zéna

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Zéna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country. Recorded meaning: ° Of uncertain origin, probably a variant spelling of Zina.

rarermore common
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 74K
  • KRSouth Korea≈1 in 9.4Kas 세나

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zéna itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)

≈53,000 people, est.

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
320 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Tanzania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ZénaLatin(measured from records)
ЗінаCyrillic(measured from records)
세나Hangul(measured from records)
ΖεναGreek(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zena in US United States, NL Netherlands, TZ Tanzania and 1 more and 세나 in KR South Korea.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

° Of uncertain origin, probably a variant spelling of Zina.

Sources 4

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • The African book of names
  • Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zéna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zéna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TZ Tanzania#345≈53,000 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Zena19
NL Netherlands—7,031as Senna1 in 2.5K4.7KZena13
KR South Korea—≈5,500 est.≈1 in 9.4K—세나54
US United States—4,4651 in 74K7.6KZena320
SY Syria—≈3,600 est.≈1 in 5.4K—Zena12
XK Kosovo—≈110 est.≈1 in 17K174—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zéna is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Hungary, Peru, United Kingdom

    Also written Zena, Zeña, Žeņa

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Tanzania, United States

    Also written Zena, Zeña

  • Amharic given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Tanzania, United Kingdom

    Also written ዜና, Zena, ዘና, Zeña, Zēna

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Zéna is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In rgn, dinner (the main meal in the evening)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 1 sources across 0 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zéna mean, and where does it come from?
° Of uncertain origin, probably a variant spelling of Zina. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and The African book of names and 2 other sources.
Is Zéna a male or female name?
Zéna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Zéna have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 53 thousand people named Zéna in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zena.
How common is the name Zéna?
In the United States, the national register counted 4,465 people named Zéna in 2020, about 1 in 74 thousand residents.
How common is Zéna compared with other names?
In Tanzania, Zéna is the 345th most common given name of 37,285 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zéna” — the 345th most common given name in Tanzania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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