I've already rounded up several lists, including two-syllable -ana names and -ina names, and I got to wondering if perhaps -ena, -ona, and -una names are "a thing" as well. Turns out: yes!
All are feminine, unless otherwise indicated.
[because English is an oddball in our pronunciation of -ena names--the rest of the world generally says "ay-nah" or "eh-nah"--I will be omitting English -ena names from this list, and instead promise to go back and add them into the aforementioned -ina names post ;) ]
- Eena (Finnish)
- Ena (Scandinavian, Bosnian, Croatian, [Anglicized] Irish, Japanese, Indian [Bengali?]) [separate derivations]
- Gena (Russian) [masculine]
- Hena (Yiddish)
- Jena (Scandinavian) [J said like English Y]
- Lena (all over the Western world) [multiple derivations]
- Meena (Finnish)
- Mena (Scandinavian)
- Neena (Finnish)
- Nena (Dutch, Scandinavian, Serbian, Spanish) [separate derivations]
- Rena/Reena (Scandinavian)
- Seena (Finnish)
- Sena (Scandinavian, Japanese, Turkish, Dutch) [separate derivations, unisex in Japanese]
- Stena ([archaic] Swedish)
- Svena ([archaic] Swedish)
- Tena (Croatian)
- Trena (Macedonian)
- Zdena (Czech)
- Zena (Scandinavian, Arabic) [separate derivations]
- Bona ([archaic] Italian, Swedish) [modernly more common as a surname in Italian]
- Chona (Philippine Spanish)
- Dona (Scandinavian)
- Frona (English)
- Giona (Italian) [masculine]
- Gona (Kurdish)
- Jóna (Icelandic) [J said like English Y]
- Jona (Scandinavian) [J said like English Y, unisex]
- Joona (Finnish) [J said like English Y, masculine]
- Kona (Greenlandic, Indian [Telugu?]) [separate derivations, masculine as an Indian name]
- Lona (Danish)
- Mona (English, Scandinavian, Arabic, German, Persian) [multiple derivations]
- Moona (Finnish)
- Nona (English, Latin, Scandinavian)
- Noona (Finnish)
- Ona (Catalan, Lithuanian) [separate derivations]
- Rhona (English, Scottish)
- Rona (English, Scottish, Hebrew, Scandinavian, Albanian) [multiple derivations]
- Shona ([anglicized] Scottish)
- Sona (Hindi, Turkmen, Armenian, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
- Tona (English, Scandinavian)
- Zona (English)
- Bruna (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Croatian, Scandinavian)
- Djuna (English)
- Dúna (Icelandic)
- Guna (Latvian, Indian [Tamil?]) [masculine as an Indian name]
- Húna (Icelandic)
- Juna (Dutch, Scandinavian) [J said like English Y]
- Juna (Japanese, English) [J said like English J, separate derivations]
- Kruna (Serbian, Croatian)
- Luna (all over the Western world)
- Muna/Mouna (Arabic)
- Rúna (Icelandic)
- Runa (Scandinavian, Bengali, Japanese) [separate derivations]
- Suna (Turkish, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
- Teuna (Dutch)
- Úna (Irish)
- Una (English, Scandinavian, Bosnian, Croatian, Latvian) [multiple derivations]
- Uuna (Finnish)
- Yuna (Korean, Japanese, Breton) [separate derivations]
- Yuuna (Japanese)
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