Leena is a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of

Lina Lina (pronounced "Leena") is a feminine given name. Languages of origin include: English, Italian, Lithuanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Persian, Kurdish, Arabic. It is also the short form of a variety of names ending in -lina including Catalin ...

and

Lena Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in ...

. It is a direct Quranic Arabic name, meaning "young palm tree", or figuratively "tender, young, delicate". In Persian, it means "light", "a ray of sunlight" or "beautiful girl". In Kurdish, it means cascade falls (تئاڤگەی بچوک). Notable people with the name include: * Leena (model) (born 1990), Japanese fashion model * Leena Alam, Afghan film actress *

Leena Khamis Leena Khamis (born 19 June 1986) is an Australian soccer player who plays for Perth Glory in the A-League Women. Biography Khamis was born in the Sydney suburb of Camden and is of Assyrian heritage. Her family is heavily involved in foot ...

(born 1986), Australian football player of Assyrian-Iraqi descent *

Leena Chandavarkar Leena Chandavarkar (born 29 August 1950) is an Indian former actress who appeared in Bollywood movies as a leading actress and now appears in reality shows. She was an actress during the late 60s and early 70s. She played leading heroine opposi ...

(born 1950), Indian Bollywood actress * Leena Dhingra, British Asian actress * Leena Gade (born c. 1975), British race engineer * Leena Günther (born 1991), German sprint athlete * Leena Harkimo (born 1963), Finnish politician and business executive * Leena Häkinen (1928–1990), Finnish stage, film and television actress * Leena Jumani, Indian actress and model * Leena Kapoor (born 1994), Indian model and actress *

Leena Krohn Leena Krohn (born February 28, 1947 in Helsinki) is a Finnish author. Her large and varied body of work includes novels, short stories, children's books, and essays. In her books she deals with topics that include man's relationship with himself a ...

(born 1947), Finnish author *

Leena La Bianca Leena or Leena La Bianca (born January 5, 1963) is a former pornographic actress. Early life She grew up in Denver, Colorado. She began in the amateur side of the pornography industry before moving to California to become a full-time pornographi ...

(born 1963), Italian American pornographic actress * Leena Lander (born 1955), Finnish author * Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964), Finnish crime novelist *

Leena Luhtanen Leena Luhtanen (née ''Nikulainen''; born 12 February 1941) is a Finnish politician and a former member of the cabinet. Luhtanen is a member of the Social Democratic Party, and served in the parliament from 1991 until 2007. She served as the mi ...

(born 1941), Finnish politician, member of the cabinet * Leena Luostarinen (1949–2013), Finnish painter * Leena Manimekalai, Indian filmmaker, poet and actor *

Leena Mohanty Leena Mohanty is a leading exponent of Odissi dance. She has won many awards, such as the Ustad Bismillah Khan Youth award, the Mahari award, the Sanjukta Panigrahi award and performed in many shows throughout the world. She has choreographed dan ...

, Indian Odissi dancer *

Leena Nair Leena Nair (née Menon;born 1969) is a British-Indian business executive who is the Global CEO of Chanel. Nair previously served as the Chief Human Resource Officer of Unilever and member of the Unilever Leadership Executive. Nair was respon ...

(born 1969), Indian businesswoman *

Leena Peisa Leena Maria "Awa" Peisa (born 16 March 1979) is a Finnish keyboard player. Her former bands include Lordi, Punaiset Messiaat and Dolchamar. Currently, she plays in Lordi's ex-drummer's Kita's band "Sampsa Astala & Qma". Biography Leena Maria ...

(born 1979), Finnish keyboard player *

Leena Peltonen-Palotie Leena Peltonen-Palotie (16 June 1952 – 11 March 2010) was a Finnish geneticist who contributed to the identification of 15 genes for Finnish heritage diseases, including arterial hypertension, schizophrenia, lactose intolerance, arthrosis ...

(1952–2010), Finnish geneticist *

Leena Pietilä Irja Ester Helena "Leena" Pietilä, married surname: Vainio (born 29 March 1925 – 20 May 2014) was a Finnish figure skater. She was a two-time Nordic champion and a seven-time Finnish national champion. Early life On 29 March 1925, Pietil ...

(1925–2014), Finnish figure skater *

Leena Puotiniemi Leena Puotiniemi (born 19 March 1976) is a Finnish long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summer Olympics, placing 87th with a time of 2:42:01. Puotiniemi won the 2010, 2011 and 2013 Helsinki City Marathon The Garmin Hel ...

(born 1976), Finnish long-distance runner *

Leena Puranen Leena Puranen Skogman (born 18 October 1986) is a Finnish football forward who plays for Swedish lower division team Varbergs BoIS. In 2012 and 2013 she played for Jitex BK in Sweden's Damallsvenskan. She previously played for FC Ilves, United ...

(born 1986), Finnish football forward *

Leena Rauhala Leena Rauhala is a Finnish politician and member of the Parliament of Finland 1999–2015 representing Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Fin ...

(born 1942), Finnish politician, member of the Parliament of Finland *

Leena Salmenkylä Leena Salmenkylä (born 13 March 1958) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and world champion. She won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, with Leena Silvennoinen and Liisa Veijalainen ...

(born 1958), Finnish orienteering competitor *

Leena Silvennoinen Leena Silvennoinen (born March 7, 1958) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and world champion. She won a gold medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1979 World Orienteering Championships in Tampere, with Leena Salmenkylä and Liisa Veijalaine ...

(born 1958), Finnish orienteering competitor *

Leena Tiwari Leena Tiwari is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Mariyahu, Uttar Pradesh of India. She represents the Mariyahu constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Apna Dal (Sonelal) party. Political career S ...

, Indian politician, member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Mariyahu, Uttar Pradesh *

Leena Yadav Leena Yadav (born 6 January 1971) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. She started her career in the television industry and gradually moved on to making feature films. Her first international feature film, '' Parched'' ...

(born 1971), Indian filmmaker and producer

Fictional characters

Leena (Warehouse 13) Leena (Genelle Williams) is a fictional character on the U.S. television science fiction series, '' Warehouse 13'' (2009–2014). She was the proprietor of Leena's Bed and Breakfast, where the Warehouse Agents live. Leena has the ability to read ...

, from ''Warehouse 13'' *A character in Chrono Cross

Media

* ''Leena'' (film), a Maldivian thriller film * "Leena", a song by Caravan Palace on the 2019 album ''

Chronologic ''Chronologic'' is the fourth studio album by French electro swing group Caravan Palace, released on August 30, 2019. Track listing Personnel *Zoé Colotis - vocalist *Charles Delaporte - double bass *Hugues Payen - violin *Antoine Toustou - ...

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