Leena
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See also: leena
Estonian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Leena
- a female given name, also used as a formal given name. A diminutive of Magdaleena
- Lena (a river in Siberia)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Traditional vernacular form of Helena and Matleena (“Magdalene”). Cognate with Swedish Lena.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Leena
- a female given name
- 1967 Anu Kaipainen, Arkkienkeli Oulussa, WSOY, page 117:
- - Minun nimeni on Leena, tyttö sanoi. Leena oli kaunis nimi. Miikkaelkin tunsi monta Leenaa. Ei ollut hätää olla minkään Leenan kanssa.
- - My name is Leena, the girl said. Leena was a beautiful name. Miikkael knew many Leenas too, so being with a Leena was not a problem.
- 2008, Niina Hakalahti, Uimataito, Tammi, →ISBN, pages 250–251:
- —No mitä sinä sitten haluat?
—Jotakin yksinkertaista. Maija, Liisa, Leena. Santerilla on muuten hyvä nimi, mutta se Luca kyllä kaduttaa. [ - - - ]
—Entä yhdysnimet? Vaikka Marve-Leena?
—Niin tai vaikka Impi-Tytti?- —So what do you want then?
—Something plain. Maija, Liisa, Leena. Santeri has an otherwise good name, but I do still regret Luca. [ - - - ]
—What about double-barreled names? Like Marve-Leena?
—Or even Impi-Tytti?
- —So what do you want then?
- 1967 Anu Kaipainen, Arkkienkeli Oulussa, WSOY, page 117:
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Leena (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Leena | Leenat | ||
genitive | Leenan | Leenojen | ||
partitive | Leenaa | Leenoja | ||
illative | Leenaan | Leenoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Leena | Leenat | ||
accusative | nom. | Leena | Leenat | |
gen. | Leenan | |||
genitive | Leenan | Leenojen Leenain rare | ||
partitive | Leenaa | Leenoja | ||
inessive | Leenassa | Leenoissa | ||
elative | Leenasta | Leenoista | ||
illative | Leenaan | Leenoihin | ||
adessive | Leenalla | Leenoilla | ||
ablative | Leenalta | Leenoilta | ||
allative | Leenalle | Leenoille | ||
essive | Leenana | Leenoina | ||
translative | Leenaksi | Leenoiksi | ||
abessive | Leenatta | Leenoitta | ||
instructive | — | Leenoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Statistics[edit]
- Leena is the 5th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 27,745 female individuals (and as a middle name to 19,283 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams[edit]
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