Abena

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Абена in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Abena is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name2.1K records spelled Abena8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ghana, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Abeña, Abéna, Âbenâ, Ãbëñá, Abená

• Arabic given name1.0K records spelled Abena2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Ghana, Egypt

  Also written Abeña

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Abena is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Pure

  as a name·The book of African names

• In Akan, Akan: female born on Tuesday.

  as a name·African Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 52 years between 1971–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Abena Joan Brownb. 1928USAmerican theatre director
• Abena Busiab. 1953GHGhanaian writer
• Abena Osei-Pokub. 1971GHGhanaian corporate executive
• Abena Ayivorb. 1975ZMZambian actress
• Abena Osei Asareb. 1979GHGhanaian politician and MP for Atiwa East
• Abena Oppong-Asareb. 1983GBBritish politician
• Abena Appiahb. 1993GHGhanaian-American singer, model, philanthropist, and beauty queen
• Abena Taylor-Smithfilm director
• Abena AmoahGHGhanaian investor and financial advisor
• Abena DuganGHGhanaian youth and gender advocate

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 130 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Abena?

We estimate roughly 1.5 thousand people bear Abena (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Abena have the most bearers?

Abena is most frequently recorded in Ghana, where it is most often spelled abena.

How common is Abena compared with other names?

In Ghana, Abena is the 77th most common given name of 14,190 given names recorded there.

Is Abena a male or female name?

Abena is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Abena mean?

Recorded meaning: Born on Tuesday