Gena

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Geņa in LV Latvia.

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●

Attested across 6 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◐

Gena is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hindi given name71K records spelled Gena32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian

  Also written Gyani, Geni, Gyáni, Gyanee, জ্ঞানী

• a separate given name28K records spelled Gena3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Ethiopia

  Also written Géna, Geňa

• Spanish given name21K records spelled Gena19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Philippines, India

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Geña, Geńa, Geñä, Géná, Ģeña

• French given name3.4K records spelled Gena5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Géna, Gêna, Gèna

• Bulgarian given name2.5K records spelled Gena12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, Russia, United States, Poland

  Languages: Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian

  Also written Гена, Géna, Gêna

• a separate given name1.9K records spelled Gena4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India

  Also written Gêna, Gęná, Geňa

• Hindi surname1.4K records spelled Gena51 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Russia, Philippines

  Languages: Hindi, English, Bangla

  Also written Gain, Genu, Гайн, Гаин, Гаїн

50 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●

Gena is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Romanian, definite nominative/accusative singular of genă

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Icelandic, indefinite genitive plural of gen

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Galician, reintegrationist spelling of xena

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite neuter plural of gen

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In bnt-phu, to enter, to go into

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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) — 142 years between 1880–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gena Branscombeb. 1881CACanadian composer (1881–1977)
• Ghena Dimitrovab. 1941BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian lyric singer
• Gena Gasb. 1959ITItalian actress
• Gena Lee Nolinb. 1971USAmerican actress and model
• Gena Löfstrandb. 1995ZASouth African athletics competitor
• Gena Desouzab. 1997THactor
• Gena FordUSAmerican poet
• Gena Konstantinakosdirector and filmmaker
• Gena C. LovettUSAmerican business executive
• Gena HeidaryUSresearcher

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 · 498 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gena?

We estimate roughly 11 thousand people bear Gena (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Gena have the most bearers?

We estimate about 11 thousand people bear Gena in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled gena.

Where is Gena most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Gena is densest in North Macedonia — about 1 in 27 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

Is Gena a male or female name?

Gena 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 Gena mean?

Recorded meaning: The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.