Serena
From the Latin serena, "calm and clear". Only about a hundred women in Poland carry it, and it's fading further: not one newborn got the name last year.
Serena Pronunciation
Serena is pronounced se-RE-nah (/sɛˈrɛna/).
What Serena means
Where Serena comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Serena comes from the Latin `serenus`, a word Romans used for a clear sky and settled weather. From that root the name took its meaning: serene, tranquil, clear. The adjective described calm air before it ever described a calm person.
One of the first women to carry it was Serena of Rome, niece of the emperor Theodosius I and wife of the general Stilicho. She died in 408. Long after her, the name settled comfortably in Italian, where the ending `-a` marks it plainly as feminine, and it later found a home in English too. Serena Williams has kept it familiar to English speakers for decades.
On a Polish class register, Serena still reads as an import rather than a native form. It has no Polish diminutives of its own. The name stays close to its Latin shape. Say it and you are back at `serenus`, clear weather.
When Serena celebrates name day
Serena appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 28 June.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Serena
1 in 218872 women in Poland is named Serena. 103 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3383 among female names.
Serena's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Serena as a middle name
Serena is a first name for 103 women in Poland and a middle name for another 36, a 74/26 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1170th, between Odetta (36) and Sylvie (36).
-
#1168 Myriam36
-
#1169 Odetta36
-
#1170 Serena36
-
#1171 Sylvie36
-
#1172 Tariro36