Given name & surname
Sena
“one who is blessed”
Sena is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,326
- 205 boys · 3,121 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 72 babies
- 2025
- 62
- #3,162 for girls · #7,593 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 12% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 51 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,162 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 11 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,361 as a first name in 2020; 7,365 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.
Sena’s family of names
Sena has a related form in Senna. Sena has a related form in Senah. Sena has a related form in Sennah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sena
- Sena JurinacFemale opera singer (1921–2011)
- Sena IrieJapanese boxerborn 2000
- Sena InamiJapanese association football playerborn 1992
- Sena TomitaJapanese snowboarderborn 1999
- Sena IshibashiJapanese footballerborn 2006
- Sena SaitoJapanese association football playerborn 2000
- Sena IgarashiJapanese association football playerborn 2002
- Sena OyamaJapanese association football playerborn 2002
- Sena AcolatseAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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