Given name & surname
Asena
Asena is a feminine given name. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Asena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80
- 0 boys · 80 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,052 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +41%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,052 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 148 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.
Asena’s family of names
Asena has a related form in Asenah. Asena has a related form in Asenna. Asena has a related form in Asennah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Asena
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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