Azucena

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Azücënä in GT Guatemala.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

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◐

Azucena is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name9.5K records spelled Azucena5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Azűcena, Azucéna, Äzucena

49 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●

Azucena 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.

• In Spanish, Del árabe açuçena; alude a la blancura y pureza del lirio.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• Spanish: from the vocabulary word azucena madonna lily (from Arabic as-susana the lily; cf. SUSANNA ). The word seems to have been adopted as a given name because of the association of the flower with the Virgin Mary.

  as a word

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 114 years between 1908–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Azucena Maizanib. 1902ARArgentinian singer (1902-1970)
• Azucena Villaflorb. 1924ARArgentine activist (1924-1977)
• Azucena Martín-Dorado Calvob. 1955ESSpanish singer (1955-2005)
• Azucena Hernándezb. 1960ESSpanish actress
• Azucena Arbelecheb. 1970UYUruguayan economist, professor, and civil servant
• Denisse Mirallesb. 1976PEnot in their usual namePeruvian economist
• Azucena Sanchez Benitob. 1978EScyclist
• Azucena Díazb. 1982ESSpanish long distance runner
• Azucena De La Fuenteactress
• Víctor Manuel Gómez GómezESnot in their usual nameSpanish politician

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 · 628 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Azucena?

We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Azucena (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Azucena have the most bearers?

Azucena is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled azucena.

How common is Azucena compared with other names?

In Argentina, Azucena is the 341st most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Azucena a male or female name?

Azucena 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 Azucena mean?

Recorded meaning: lily