Rena
A Hebrew name at root, though the meaning Poles attach to it, odrodzona, "reborn", comes borrowed from Renata and its Latin line. So Rena holds two histories under one short word, and stays rare: only about 240 women in Poland carry it.
Rena Pronunciation
Rena is pronounced RE-nah (/ˈrɛna/).
What Rena means
Where Rena comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Rena begins in Hebrew, where the close cousin rina means song, or a joyful cry. Written on a Polish class register it is short and blunt, four letters a teacher reads at a glance.
The name also travels next to Renata, its main variant, and here the meanings meet. Renata holds the sense the Polish forms usually lend Rena: odrodzona, the reborn or renewed one. That reading of renewal arrived later, through the Latin renata rather than the Hebrew root, so Rena keeps two separate lines of descent under one small word.
Two histories, one name.
Girls named Rena in Poland often meet Renata in the same breath, on an imieniny card or on a form at the urząd where the longer version gets written out. What stays constant is the Hebrew origin and the borrowed meaning set beside it, odrodzona.
How many people are named Rena
1 in 93933 women in Poland is named Rena. 240 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2004 among female names.
Rena's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Rena as a middle name
Rena is a first name for 240 women in Poland and a middle name for another 75, a 76/24 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 777th, between Maia (75) and Susanna (75).
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#775 Loretta75
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#776 Maia75
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#777 Rena75
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#778 Susanna75
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#779 Cirilla74