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

Lina Lina ( ) is an international feminine given name, mostly the short form of a variety of names ending in ''-lina'' including Adelina, Angelina, Carmelina, Carolina, Catalina, Emelina, Evangelina, Evelina, Karolina, Italina, Marcelina, Meli ...

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 Leenā Alam (Persian: ;) is an Afghan film, television, and theater actress. She has appeared in films such as '' Kabuli Kid'', ''Black Kite'', ''Loori'', '' A Letter to the President'' and ''Hassan''. She is widely known to have worked on film ...

, Afghan film actress *

Leena Khamis Leena Khamis (born 19 June 1986) is an Australian Association football, soccer player who plays for Macarthur Rams FC, Macarthur Rams FC as a Forward (association football), forward. Biography Khamis was born in the Sydney suburb of Camden, Ne ...

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

Leena Chandavarkar Leena Chandavarkar (born 29 August 1950) is an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films as a leading actress and now appears in reality shows. She was active during the late 1960s and early 1970s. She played the leading heroine opposite almos ...

(born 1950), Indian Bollywood actress * Leena Dhingra, British Asian actress *

Leena Gade Leena Gade is a British race engineer who has served as a lead race engineer in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IndyCar race series. In 2011, she became the first female race engineer to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2012, she won th ...

(born c. 1975), British race engineer *

Leena Günther Leena Günther (born 16 April 1991 in Cologne) is a German athlete who competes in the sprint with a personal best time of 11.33 seconds in the 100 metres event. Günther won the gold medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships – Wome ...

(born 1991), German sprint athlete *

Leena Harkimo Leena Harkimo ( Alamäki; born 28 March 1963) is a Finnish business executive and ex-politician. Political career In 1999, Harkimo was elected Member of Parliament from the Uusimaa constituency, representing the centre-right National Coaliti ...

(born 1963), Finnish politician and business executive * Leena Häkinen (1928–1990), Finnish stage, film and television actress *

Leena Jumani Leena Jumani is an Indian actress and model, best known as Tanushree Mehta in ''Kumkum Bhagya''. She played Khemi, a poor village girl, in the television series '' Bandini''. This was followed with the role of Suhasi in the show '' Koi Aane K ...

, Indian actress and model * Leena Kapoor (born 1994), Indian model and actress *

Leena Krohn Leena Krohn (born 28 February 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 humans' relationships with themse ...

(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 Leena Lander (born 25 October 1955, in Turku) is a Finnish author. She grew up in Turku, in a boys' home that her father ran. In 1992, she won the Thanks for the Book Award for ''Tummien perhosten koti'' (The Home of the Dark Butterflies), which ...

(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 Leena Manimekalai is an Indian filmmaker, poet and an actor. Her works include five published poetry anthologies and several films in genres, documentary, fiction and experimental poem films. She has been recognised with participation, mentio ...

, Indian filmmaker, poet and actor *

Leena Mohanty Leena Mohanty is a leading exponent of Odissi dance, a disciple of Guru Deba Prasa Das. She is a recipient of the first Ustad Bismillah Khan Youth award, along with receiving the Mahari award, the Sanjukta Panigrahi award and is an empanelled ar ...

, Indian Odissi dancer *

Leena Nair Leena Nair (née Menon; born 1969) is a British-Indian business executive who is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Chanel. Nair was previously Unilever's chief human resource officer and a Unilever leadership executive member. 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, arthrosi ...

(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 The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an i ...

(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, Uni ...

(born 1986), Finnish football forward *

Leena Rauhala Leena Rauhala (28 February 1942 – 2 March 2024) was a Finnish politician who was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1999–2015 representing Pirkanmaa. Life and career Rauhala was a Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2015. She was a member ...

(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 Veijalainen ...

(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 (莉娜), a character in the Taiwanese television series ' (八尺門的辯護人). * Leena (Warehouse 13), from ''Warehouse 13'' *A character in Chrono Cross *Leena Klammer, the main antagonist from

Orphan (2009 film) ''Orphan'' is a 2009 psychological slasher film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by David Leslie Johnson from a story by Alex Mace. The film stars Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, and Jimmy Bennett. T ...

and its sequel.

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

Chronologic ''Chronologic'' is the fourth studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette ...

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