Serena
Serena is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Italy, Switzerland
- US records 1880–2017
- 16 male / 40,835 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Serena
If you do not know Serena’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Serena,” in English, “Guten Tag Serena,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Serena,
German
Guten Tag Serena,
French
Bonjour Serena,
Spanish
Estimado/a Serena:
Chinese
Serena您好：
Japanese
Serena様
English
Hi Serena,
German
Hi Serena,
French
Salut Serena,
Spanish
Hola Serena,
Chinese
Serena你好：
Japanese
Serenaさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | woman's name |
| Italy | uncommon | woman's name |
| Switzerland | rare | woman's name |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
16 male · 40,835 female · 40,851 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Serena a male or female name?
Serena is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Serena in an email?
If you do not know Serena’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Serena,” in English, “Guten Tag Serena,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Serena a unisex name?
Serena is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Serena a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/serena. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_serena,
title = {Is Serena a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/serena},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}