Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Heena isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Heena is a variant of Hina. The history of Hina gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Hina is associated with a dual goddess symbolizing day and night.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Heena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 253
- 0 boys · 253 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,168 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 · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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