莱娜

The female name Lena is rendered in Chinese as 莱娜. These characters are chosen for their sound, not their meaning — together they approximate how Lena is pronounced. In pinyin (the standard romanization of Mandarin) this reads Lái nà.

Character-by-character breakdown

In Chinese, Lena is written with 2 characters, each standing for one syllable of the sound: 莱 (Lái), 娜 (nà). Each character here is a phonetic unit — picked for how it sounds, not for what it means — so read together they echo Lena rather than spelling out a literal meaning.

Origin & meaning of Lena

Lena is a name of Greek origin. A short form of Helena or Magdalena, associated with "light" or the town of Magdala.