Given name
Adena
“one who is slender and delicate”
Adena is a variant of Adina. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is slender and delicate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adena is a variant of Adina. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is slender and delicate.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adena is a variant of Adina. An origin associated with Adina is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,747
- 0 boys · 1,747 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,230 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,230 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,468 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adena
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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