Leena is a feminine given name. It is a variant spelling of Lina and Lena.
It is a direct Quranic Arabic name, meaning "young palm tree", or figuratively "tender, young, delicate".
In Persian, it means "light", "a ray of sunlight" or "beautiful girl". In Kurdish, it means cascade falls (تئاڤگەی بچوک).
Notable people with the name include:
Leena (model) (born 1990), Japanese fashion model
Leena Alam, Afghan film actress
Leena Khamis (born 1986), Australian football player of Assyrian-Iraqi descent
Leena Chandavarkar (born 1950), Indian Bollywood actress
Leena Dhingra, British Asian actress
Leena Gade (born c. 1975), British race engineer
Leena Günther (born 1991), German sprint athlete
Leena Harkimo (born 1963), Finnish politician and business executive
Leena Häkinen (1928–1990), Finnish stage, film and television actress
Leena Jumani, Indian actress and model
Leena Kapoor (born 1994), Indian model and actress
Leena Krohn (born 1947), Finnish author
Leena La Bianca (born 1963), Italian American pornographic actress
Leena Lander (born 1955), Finnish author
Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964), Finnish crime novelist
Leena Luhtanen (born 1941), Finnish politician, member of the cabinet
Leena Luostarinen (1949–2013), Finnish painter
Leena Manimekalai, Indian filmmaker, poet and actor
Leena Mohanty, Indian Odissi dancer
Leena Nair (born 1969), Indian businesswoman
Leena Peisa (born 1979), Finnish keyboard player
Leena Peltonen-Palotie (1952–2010), Finnish geneticist
Leena Pietilä (1925–2014), Finnish figure skater
Leena Puotiniemi (born 1976), Finnish long-distance runner
Leena Puranen (born 1986), Finnish football forward
Leena Rauhala (born 1942), Finnish politician, member of the Parliament of Finland
Leena Salmenkylä (born 1958), Finnish orienteering competitor
Leena Silvennoinen (born 1958), Finnish orienteering competitor
Leena Tiwari, Indian politician, member of 17th Legislative Assembly of Mariyahu, Uttar Pradesh
Leena Yadav (born 1971), Indian filmmaker and producer
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