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I like it quite a bit, but slightly prefer it as a nn for Helena. Though I like Helena pronounced heh-LAY-nah and when I first see Lena I assume it's LEE-nah. But I like it pronounced LEE-nah, LAY-nah or LEH-nah. :) Lena Mae is quite pretty and works as a sister to Joanna, I think, but I don't care for the similar endings (-na) for siblings. But I'm picky like that, lol.

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~Heather~

I love it!

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**miss_smiley**

It is common and uninteresting where I live, a name you expect a vulgar and uneducated girl to bear (sorry, that's nothing but my feelings about the name), so obviously I don't like it.
Funnily enough, this is also the nn for Elena, my mother's name, but this fact does not make me like it.

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I like it, but much prefer it as a nickname. Lena Mae sounds really hickish to me, and the Mae spelling looks extremely trashy. Lena May is much better.

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Full name suggestions:
Alena
Elena
Helena
Kalena
Magdalena
Madalena
Maddalena
Milena
Olena
Selena
Yelena

Lena Mae is v.nice. Prefer Lena Mei though.

I absolutely love this name and I pronounce it LAY-nuh.
The name is in the top ten here which bothers me a little bit. Anyway my husband and I thought about using it for our baby during my pregnancy.
These are the combos we thought about:

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Lena Sophie*
Lena Coralie*
Lena Amelie
Lena Neele

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The combos with the star are our favourites.
A lot of people on this board prefer the name as a nickname but in Germany it is a 'real' name. ;)

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Btw I like the name of your daughter.

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I like it a lot. One of my good friends in Germany is named Lena (pron. LAY-na).

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How are you pronouncing it? If it's pronounced my way, then I think Lena Mae doesn't flow very well. You have the repeating "ay" sound.

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Lena Therese
Lena Genevieve
Lena Carol

I like Lena (said LAY na) as a nickname for either Helena or Magdalena. I think it's a little nicknamey to stand alone, but I think it's nice and cute without being overly cutesy, if that makes sense. :-)

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