Given name

Jeena

“God is gracious”

Jeena is a variant of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Jeena is a variant of Jane. In Hebrew use, Jane carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

In English use, Jeena is a variant of Gina. Gina has been associated with Italian and English naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Hindi जीना (“to live”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Jeena is a variant of Jane. The history of Jane gives this family its wider story. Lady Jane Grey is one of the name’s historical bearers. In fiction, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre gave it a lasting nineteenth-century association; the novel appeared in 1847.

Combines direct and name-family evidence

Jeena through the years

Babies since 1880
446
0 boys · 446 girls
Most popular year
1992
26 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
051015198020002025Highest share 19920.0
Jeena in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1961–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 837 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.

Jeena’s family of names

Jeena has a related form in Jane. In English usage, Jeena has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Gina. In English usage, Jeena was borrowed from the Hindi form जीना.

Walk Jeena’s family in the name graph

JeenaJeenahJaneGinaJeennaजीना

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Jeena has relatives in 3 languages.

Hindi

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Jeena, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Aleeshia

“noble” · “kind”

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Haydi

“a modest woman; one who is well-behaved” · “a capable woman”

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Alessa

“noble” · “kind”

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Kylie

“from the narrow channel”

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>99% girls

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Johnika

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>99% girls

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Jimeka

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>99% girls

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Jaquia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jeena’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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