Fun Facts About the Name Syrena
- 693 babies named Syrena: U.S. records list 693 babies given the name Syrena from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Syrena Mean?
Syrena is chiefly a respelled variant of the name Serena, which comes from the Latin adjective serenus, meaning "clear," "bright," or "calm." English serene comes from the same word, so the customary meaning attached to Serena - and to Syrena as its spelling variant - is "serene" or "tranquil." In Latin the word first described clear skies and settled weather before it was applied to a person's manner.
The spelling syrena is also the ordinary Polish noun for "mermaid" or "siren," and Spanish and Italian have the closely related sirena. That word goes back to Latin Siren and Greek Seirēn, the mythical singers who lured sailors to their deaths. This is a separate origin from Latin serenus: the two words resemble each other but are not related. The written form Syrena does not by itself indicate which of the two senses is intended.
Syrena Name History & Origins
Serena was used as a personal name in the Roman world and appears as a cognomen in the late empire; it was borne by Serena, a niece of the emperor Theodosius I, in the fourth century, and was adopted by early Christians as a given name. From Latin it passed into Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese as Serena and into English use, where it has remained recognizable without ever becoming very common.
The spelling Syrena is a respelling of that name rather than a separate tradition, and the y is its only structural difference from Serena. It also happens to match the Polish noun syrena ("mermaid"), a word familiar in Poland from the mermaid on Warsaw's coat of arms, known as the Syrenka, and from the Syrena car built in Poland from the 1950s into the 1980s. Because the Polish word is a common noun rather than a traditional Polish given name, it does not itself account for Syrena as a personal name, though the mermaid association has likely reinforced the spelling. A modern example of that association is the mermaid named Syrena in the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, a literary use that is much later than the underlying name and does not represent its origin.
How Popular is the Name Syrena?
Syrena has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #5,095 in 1968.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,100 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2024 | #10,968 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,431 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #6,184 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #10,216 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #6,888 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #11,271 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #6,755 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #9,287 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #7,196 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #7,962 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #6,420 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #6,231 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2012 | #5,383 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #5,914 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #12,145 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #8,016 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #8,068 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #8,473 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #11,321 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #7,857 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #5,945 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #5,398 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2002 | #7,008 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #6,588 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #6,183 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #6,161 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #5,774 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #6,134 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #11,663 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #6,595 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1994 | #5,222 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1993 | #7,435 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #7,924 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #7,253 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #8,681 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #8,319 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #5,581 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1986 | #10,737 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #8,232 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #7,949 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #8,134 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #6,725 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #7,470 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #7,194 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #6,401 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1971 | #9,448 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #6,975 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #7,362 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #5,095 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #6,703 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1965 | #7,401 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #7,415 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1960 | #7,190 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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