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Serena

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.

    "Of which whilest they discoursed both together, / The faire Serena (so his lady hight)"

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of serene (“fine rain from a cloudless sky after sunset”, noun). alt-of, obsolete, uncountable

    "Fie, fie, was euer poore fellow so farre benighted in an old wiues tale of diuells and vrchins. Out vpon it, I am wearie of it, for it hath caused such a thicke fulsome Serena to descend on my braine, that now my penne makes blots as broad as a furd stomacher, and my muse inspyres me to put out my candle and goe to bed:[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Italian serena, feminine of sereno. Compare Spanish serena (“dew”).

Etymology 2

From the name of an early Christian saint, Latin serena (“serene”).

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