as a First Name
From a Latin name, representing the feminine form of the adjective serenus ‘calm, serene’. It was borne by an early Christian saint, about whom little is known. In her biography she is described as wife of the Emperor Domitian (ad 51–96), but there is no mention of her in any of the historical sources that deal with this period. In recent years the name has been associated with the American tennis player Serena Williams (b. 1981).
| 1,221st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 23,315
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 30,891
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Alaska
- has the most people named Serena per capita
- 2000
- marked the height of its popularity
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