Rena
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Rena is a Hebrew name meaning “melody,” “song,” or “song of joy,” also spelled Reena. Rena is also glossed as Hebrew for “serene.”
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names
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Usage of Rena in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Rena against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Rena is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Rena in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 75 girls were named Rena, making it the #2387 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 39,124 girls have been named Rena, with the most (575) in 1962. It is most common, relative to births, in New Jersey, Illinois and New York.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
| Where | Rank | Count | Source |
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| Israel | #186 girls | 65 | Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel - from the Population Register, 2024 |
| Israel | #343 girls (all ages) | 2,049 | Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel - from the Population Register, 1949-2024 |
| Poland | #920 girls (all ages) | 243 | Ministry of Digital Affairs (Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji), PESEL register, via dane.gov.pl, 2026 |
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Storms named Rena
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Rena, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Tropical storm Rena | 1949 | Western Pacific | 111 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Rena
There are 17 towns and villages with Rena in their name, in 7 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 5🇮🇹 Italy 4🇮🇳 India 3🇪🇸 Spain 2🇧🇪 Belgium 1🇳🇴 Norway 1🇳🇵 Nepal 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Rena | Innlandet, 🇳🇴 Norway | 2,216 | Map |
| Rena | Extremadura, 🇪🇸 Spain | 646 | Map |
| Rena Majore | Sardinia, 🇮🇹 Italy | 153 | Map |
| Akbarpur Rena | Uttar Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Mount Rena | South Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Rena | Gujarat, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Rena | Himachal Pradesh, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Rena | Veneto, 🇮🇹 Italy | – | Map |
| Rena | Bagmati Province, 🇳🇵 Nepal | – | Map |
| Rena | Arkansas, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Rena
There are 3 lakes and reservoirs with Rena in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 2🇺🇸 United States 1
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| Lac Rena | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Rena | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Rena Reservoir | Oregon, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Rena songs
4 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Rena in their title. The best known:
- Rena rama ding dong – Eva Rydberg (2021)
- Femton hymner och motetter. 3. O Jesu, Du Guds rena Lamm. Långfredagen – John Morén
- Hyllning ("Säll den hvars rena bröst i lifvets blomstertid") – Vilhelm Svedbom
- Rena rama ding dong – Eva Roos (2021)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Rena
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Rena.
Rena Rolska
Rena Sofer
Fictional characters named Rena
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Rena as a pet name
FurryName has found 19 dogs named Rena in public pet registers, making it the #3,932 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Tacoma (1), Framingham (1), Noosa (1). Rena as a dog name →
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