Given name & surname
Pena
Pena is a surname from Spanish. It is used in English and Finnish.
Original SpanishPeña
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Pena is a diminutive of Pentti.
Pena’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Pena is a diminutive of Pentti. In English usage, Pena as a surname has an alternative spelling in Peña. In English usage, Pena as a surname was borrowed from the Spanish form Peña.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Pena has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Pena comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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