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The name Asena is a girl's name meaning "blue".

Used in Turkey and Azerbaijan, Asena derives from Turkic mythology. In the Gokturk foundation myth, Asena was a she-wolfwho gave birth to the ancestor of Ashina tribe, who went on to rule over the Göktürk and other Turkic nomadic empires.
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Other sources suggest the name might be used as a spin on the Biblical name Asenath (AS-i-nath), the Egyptian wife of Joseph and the mother of Ephraim. 

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The name Asena is currently ranked #11052 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #9748 in 2022.

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