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Ladena
How to Pronounce Ladena
Pronounced luh-DEE-nuh /ləˈdiː.nə/Medium
Meaning: Ladena is an American coinage joining the fashionable prefix La- to Dena, a short form of names like Geraldine or a variant of Dinah, giving a flowing three-beat name without a single inherited meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Ladena is a coined name pairing the prefix La- with Dena, itself a short form of Geraldine or a variant of Dinah. Such La- names were fashionable in the mid twentieth century, and this one appeared for American girls around 1970.
It was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at most, and it had faded by the nineteen-nineties. A girl named Ladena then would be in her mid fifties today. It reads as a period coinage rather than a name coming back.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Ladena mean?
It is a coinage joining the prefix La- with Dena, a short form of Geraldine or Dinah.
How do you pronounce Ladena?
It is said luh-DEE-nuh /ləˈdiː.nə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Ladena a boy or girl name?
Ladena is used as a girls name.
How popular is Ladena?
It has always been rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around nineteen-seventy.