Velena
given name · Latin script
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 12 countries · latest register: SURS, 2025
/vɛɫinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Velena is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tanzania than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 58K
- CZCzechia≈1 in 241K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Tanzania (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 88 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 58K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Tanzania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Cited for this meaning 1
Where in the world
(measured from records)Velena 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZ Tanzania | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Velena | 5 |
| US United States | 188 | 1 in 1.8M | 187 | Velena | 88 |
| CZ Czechia | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 241K | 7 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈43 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Velena | 10 |
| IT Italy | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 1.8M | — | Velena | 2 |
| HR Croatia | 10 | 1 in 423K | 10 | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | 6 | 1 in 350K | 6 | — | 1 |
| GY Guyana | 2 | 1 in 375K | 2 | — | 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; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); SURS — resident population given names; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)15 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 187 | #39,915 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 10 | #5,563 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2018 | 10 | #2,400 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2017 | 10 | #2,379 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2016 | 10 | #2,351 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2015 | 10 | #2,316 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2014 | 10 | #2,303 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2013 | 10 | #2,289 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2012 | 10 | #2,261 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2011 | 10 | #2,223 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2010 | 10 | #2,172 |
| SI Slovenia | SURS — resident population given names | 2009 | 10 | #2,120 |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Velena?
- A machine transcription gives /vɛɫinə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Velena a male or female name?
- Velena is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- In which country does Velena have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Velena in Tanzania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled velena.
- How common is the name Velena?
- In the United States, the national register counted 188 people named Velena in 2020, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/velenaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Velena”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.