Serena is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Latin word serēnus, meaning "clear, tranquil, serene". This name was borne by one of the first saints, Serena of Rome, purported wife of Emperor Diocletian.
Serena gained currency as a feminine given name in Japan beginning around the 1980s. Common kanji spellings include 星礼奈, 瀬怜奈, and 世伶奈.
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People
Serena (wife of Stilicho) (c. 370–408), important noblewoman of the late Western Roman Empire
Serena Altschul (born 1970), broadcast journalist
Serena Bocchino (born 1960), American artist
Serena Brancale (born 1989), Italian singer-songwriter
Serena Auñón-Chancellor (born 1976), American physician, engineer, and NASA astronaut
Serena Katherine Dandridge (1878–1956), American scientific illustrator, painter, naturalist, and suffragist
Serena Daolio (born 1972), Italian soprano singer
Serena DeBeer (born 1973), American chemist
Serena Deeb (born 1986), American professional wrestler
Serena Grandi (born 1958), Italian actress
Serena Ivaldi Italian-born robotics researcher
Serena Kani (born 1999), Indonesian badminton player
Serena McIlwain, American government official
Serena McKay (1997–2017), a Canadian woman whose brutal murder was posted online (see Murder of Serena McKay)
Serena Nanda (born 1938), American author, anthropologist, and professor emeritus
Serena Ortolani (born 1987), Italian volleyball player
Serena Pergher (born 2004), Italian speed skater
Serena Ryder (born 1982), Canadian singer-songwriter
Serena Shim (1985–2014), American journalist
Serena Sundell (born 2003), American basketball player
Serena Williams (born 1981), American tennis player
Serena Sonoda (園田 世玲奈, born 1996), Japanese racewalking athlete.
Fictional characters
Serena, cousin of main character Samantha Stephens in Bewitched; both roles were played by Elizabeth Montgomery
Serena (Pokémon), the playable female protagonist in Pokémon X and Y and one of the main characters in the Pokémon anime
Serena, in the film The Devil Wears Prada
Serena, in Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene
Serena, in the film Terminator Salvation
Serena, a swan in E. B. White's children's novel The Trumpet of the Swan
Serena, one of the main characters from the video game Dragon Quest XI
Serena the Healer, one of the heroes from the video game Master of Magic
Serena, a character played by Deepika Padukone in XXX: The Return of Xander Cage
Serena Ainsworth, in the Gilmore Girls revival series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Serena Baldwin, in the American soap operas General Hospital and Port Charles
Serena Bishop, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Serena Butler, from the Legends of Dune series of books
Serena Kamin, in the 1998 American comedy movie My Giant
Serena Southerlyn, a district attorney in Law & Order
