Given name · also Native American
Magena
“one who is protected”
Magena is used as a given name. One Native American and Hebrew interpretation is “one who is protected.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American and Hebrew interpretation is “one who is protected.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Native American and Hebrew naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Magena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 5 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 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Similar names
If you love Magena, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Ioana
Ioana is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Romanian.
>99% girls
Kerena
“horn of eye-paint”
>99% girls
Tirsa
“pleasant”
>99% girls
Makayla
“who is like God?”
>99% girls
Kamaile
“the” · “maile vine”
>99% girls
Maliyah
Maliyah is a feminine given name, probably from Hawaiian.
>99% girls
Mayim
“water”
>99% girls
Sagal
Sagal is a surname from Hebrew.
>99% girls