Zena
A Slavic name meaning "belonging to Zeus". Barely 26 women in Poland carry it and no girls have been given it this century, so meeting one would stay with you.
Zena Pronunciation
Zena is pronounced ZE-nah (/ˈzɛna/).
What Zena means
Where Zena comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zena grows from Slavic soil. In many Slavic languages the word žena means woman or wife, and the name stands close to that everyday word. The short meaning recorded for Zena is "belonging to Zeus." That sense arrived later. It was borrowed from the Greek names built on the stem Zen-, the root behind Zenaida and Zenobia, where the god's name really does sit inside.
History gives the Greek side real faces. Zenobia ruled Palmyra in the third century and challenged Rome. Saint Zenaida was honoured in the early church as a healer. Zena keeps that older company while resting on its own short Slavic form.
Picture a Polish class register with Zena written among longer names. It reads plainly. The name is brief where Zenobia is grand. For a Polish reader the gloss stays honest: the origin is Slavic, and "belonging to Zeus" is the Greek layer set on top.
How many people are named Zena
1 in 867071 women in Poland is named Zena. 26 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8436 among female names.
Zena as a middle name
Zena is a first name for 26 women in Poland and a middle name for another 10, a 72/28 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2509th, between Yeon (10) and Zoriana (10).
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#2507 Yazmin10
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#2508 Yeon10
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#2509 Zena10
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#2510 Zoriana10
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#2511 Zygryda10