Given name & surname
Brena
“a ravenlike woman”
Brena is a variant of Brenna. One Welsh interpretation is “a ravenlike woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brena is a variant of Brenna. One Welsh interpretation is “a ravenlike woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Brena is a variant of Brenna. An origin associated with Brenna is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Brena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 794
- 0 boys · 794 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −74%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 11 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 832 as a first name in 2020; 515 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Brena’s family of names
Brena has a related form in Brenna. In Greek usage, Brena as a surname is a transliteration of Μπρένα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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