Serena

Latin

"tranquil, serene"

Updated Thu Mar 20 2025

Serena Origin and Meaning

The name Serena is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "tranquil, serene".

Serena, a name used since Roman times, was given fresh life by tennis star Williams, and then again with the leading character on Gossip Girl, Serena van der Woodsen. There have also been Serenas on soap operas and other shows from Bewitched to Law & Order.

And pre-TV, there was the damsel in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queen and Serena Merle in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady.

# 375 in the US

Serena Rank in US Top 1000

# 277 on Nameberry

Serena Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Serena

375US2023
277Nameberry2025
172Canada2022
488Future2028
411England2023
45Italy2016
189Switzerland2019

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Famous People Named Serena

Serena Jameka Williams
American pro tennis player
Serena Altschul
American journalist
Serena Ortolani
Italian volleyball player
Serena Deeb
American pro wrestler
Serena Ryder
Canadian singer,songwriter

The name Serena in Pop Culture

Serena Celia van der Woodsen
character in the "Gossip Girl" series
Serena Pemberton
main character in Ron Rash's "Serena" and 2013 film
Serena Butler
character in "Legends of Dune" series
Serena Southerlyn
character on TV's "Law & Order"
Serena Baldwin
character on American soaps "General Hospital" and "Port Charles"
Serena "Bunny" Tsukino
aka Sailor Moon, main character in anime "Sailor Moon"
Dr. Serena Warren
character on TV's "Miami Medical"
Serena
a main character in Pokemon X and Y
Serena Bishop
character on Australian TV soap "Neighbours"
Serena Campbell
character on British TV series "Holby City"
Serena Benson
Olivia's mother on TV's "Law & Order: SVU"
Serena Joy
the Commander's wife in Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale"
Serena
cousin of Samantha on TV's "Bewitched"
Serena
swan in E.B. White's "The Trumpet of the Swan"