Leena
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Leena yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,624 |
| 2000 | 1,606 |
| 2001 | 1,609 |
| 2002 | 1,602 |
| 2003 | 1,588 |
| 2004 | 1,592 |
| 2005 | 1,595 |
| 2006 | 1,591 |
| 2007 | 1,580 |
| 2008 | 1,583 |
| 2009 | 1,583 |
| 2010 | 1,582 |
| 2011 | 1,577 |
| 2012 | 1,565 |
| 2013 | 1,545 |
| 2014 | 1,521 |
| 2015 | 1,508 |
| 2016 | 1,493 |
| 2017 | 1,484 |
| 2018 | 1,466 |
| 2019 | 1,450 |
| 2020 | 1,424 |
Leena in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Leena.Hi! My name is Leena.
- Leena har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Leena has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Leenas mamma är lärare.Leena's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Leenas mamma is Leena's mum.
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Questions about Leena
How do you pronounce Leena in Swedish?
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How popular is Leena in Sweden?
2 babies were named Leena in 2022. In 2020, 1,424 people in Sweden had Leena as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.