Given name
Zerena
“the golden woman”
Zerena is used as a given name. One Turkish interpretation is “the golden woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “the golden woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zerena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 45
- 0 boys · 45 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 7 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 2021. 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.
Zerena’s family of names
Zerena has a related form in Zereana. Zerena has a related form in Zereanah. Zerena has a related form in Zereena.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zerrenalikely variant
- Zerennalikely variant
- Zereanahvariant
- Zereanavariant
- Zerynahvariant
- Zerynavariant
- Zereinahvariant
- Zereinavariant
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