Serena is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “clear, tranquil, serene.” In 2024 it was given to 938 girls in the United States.
Serena at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Italian
Meaning
“clear, tranquil, serene”
About the name Serena
Serena belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “clear, tranquil, serene” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Serena first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #209 in 2000, and in 2024 938 babies received the name — 46,500 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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