Olenna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-LEN-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Olenna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Olenna mean?
Modern: popularised by Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones; compare Ukrainian Olena
Olenna Tyrell, the sharp-tongued 'Queen of Thorns', is a character in George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones.
Is Olenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Olenna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Olenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Olenna, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. It first appears in the records in 2017.
2025 had the most girls named Olenna of any year since it first appeared, in 2017.
Half of all the girls named Olenna in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Olenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
Names like Olenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oaklynn, Daleyza, Rynlee, Briella, Lyanna, Amoura, Wrenley, Rhaenyra, Brynlee, Lakelynn, Ailana, Amora
Names related to Olenna
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Mya, Ailani
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, “Olenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olenna, updated 20 October 2026.