Carena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-REE-nuh
- Origin
- Scandinavian
Carena is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Carena mean?
Scandinavian: spelling of Karena, itself a variant of Karina, an elaboration of Karin, the Swedish form of Katherine
A spelling of Karina, which grew from Karin, the Scandinavian short form of Katherine; in Italian, carina means 'dear, pretty'.
Meaning borrowed from Karena.
Is Carena a girl's or a boy's name?
Carena is a girls' name.
How popular is Carena in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the girls named Carena in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
Nicknames for Carena
Names like Carena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna, Cassidy, Briana, Kiara, Mckenna, Sierra, Cierra, Kiana, Amanda, Kianna, Tiana, Brenna
Names related to Carena
Carina, Karena, Charna, Cyrena, Carine, Caren, Caryn, Charnae
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Jensen, Maren, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carena, updated 20 October 2026.