Serena most commonly refers to: *

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American inactive professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for ...

(born 1981), professional tennis player Serena may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Serena (genre), 13th-century Occitan poetic genre * ''Serena'' (1962 film), a British crime thriller * ''Serena'' (2014 film), an American drama film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper * ''Serena: The Other Side of Greatness'', a TV documentary about the tennis player

* ''Serena'' (novel), by Ron Rash * Serena Maneesh, a rock band * ''Serena'' (video game), a horror adventure game

Brands and enterprises

Nissan Serena The is a minivan manufactured by Nissan, joining the slightly larger Vanette. It was also marketed by Suzuki as the between 2007 and 2022. The car was engineered by Nissan's Aichi Manufacturing Division and launched in 1991 as a compact pass ...

, a people carrier/minivan *

Serena Hotels Serena Hotels is a hospitality company which operates up-scale hotels and resorts in East Africa, Southern Africa and South Asia. Serena comprises a collection of 36 luxury resorts, safari lodges, and hotels, which are located in East Africa (K ...

Serena Software With operations in 11 countries, Serena Software Inc. is an American software company that provides IT management products to enterprises. Serena solutions offer a process orchestration approach and span the areas of development, DevOps and IT ...

People

Surname

Aldo Serena Aldo Serena (; born 25 June 1960) is an Italian former professional footballer, who was usually deployed as a forward. He played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, winning four Serie A titles, among other trophies; he is mainly r ...

, Italian football player * Bill Serena, American baseball player *

Fernando Serena Fernando Rodríguez Serena (28 January 1941 – 15 October 2018) was a Spanish footballer who played as a right winger. He appeared in 144 La Liga matches during nine seasons, scoring a combined 23 goals for Real Madrid, Osasuna and Elche. Wit ...

, Spanish football player *

Gustavo Serena Gustavo Serena (5 October 1881 – 16 April 1970) was an Italian actor and film director. He appeared in 107 films between 1909 and 1961. He also directed 33 films between 1912 and 1932. He was born in Naples and died in Rome. Selected fil ...

, Italian actor and film director *

Michele Serena Michele Serena (; born 10 March 1970) is an Italian football manager, and former football defender, most recently in charge as manager of Serie C club Legnago. He usually played as a right-back, although he was capable of playing on either fla ...

, Italian football player * Ottavio Serena (1837–1914), Italian politician, judge, prefect, and historian

Given name

Serena (name) Serena is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Latin word , meaning "clear, tranquil, serene". This name was borne by an obscure early saint, Saint Serena of Rome. People named Serena *Serena (wife of Stilicho) (c. 370–408), important ...

Artist name

Serena (actress) Serena (born February 20, 1951) is an American former pornographic actress. She was married to porn actor Jamie Gillis. A teenage runaway, Serena was discovered by a make-up artist. She began by modelling for men's magazines, then moved on to ...

, pornographic actress

Places

Serena, Illinois Serena is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in LaSalle County, Illinois, LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. Serena has a post office with ZIP code 60549. Serena was the residence of Peg McDonnell Breslin, the first woman ...

Serena Waterpark Serena Waterpark ( fi, Vesipuisto Serena) is a water park located along to the Vihdintie road in the Lahnus district of Espoo, Finland. It was opened after extensive excavation and construction work in 1989. Serena is the largest indoor water par ...

, in

Lahnus Lahnus is a district in the city of Espoo and administratively belongs to the Northern Espoo area. It is located near the municipality of Nurmijärvi and its largest village, Klaukkala. The most famous places in Lahnus are the and Hotel Korpi ...

, Espoo, Finland *

Séréna Séréna is a town in the Oury Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali ...

, a town in Burkina Faso *

La Serena, Chile La Serena () is a city and commune in northern Chile, capital of the Coquimbo Region. Founded in 1544, it is the country's second oldest city after the national capital, Santiago. As of 2012, it had a communal population of roughly 200,000, an ...

Serena Township, LaSalle County, Illinois Serena Township is located in LaSalle County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. ...

Other uses

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Costa Serena ''Costa Serena'' is a for the Italian cruise line, Costa Crociere. The name Serena was intended to symbolize harmony and serenity. ''Costa Serena'' was constructed by Fincantieri in Sestri Ponente. She had an older sister ship, , launched in ...

'', a ship *

Serena libre Serena libre is an alcoholic cocktail made of pisco and papaya juice that was created during the 1990s in the bars of La Serena, Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the s ...

, an alcoholic cocktail *

Serena's Song Serena's Song (foaled April 4, 1992) is an American Thoroughbred race horse. She won 17 graded stakes races, including 11 Grade I (some against males and older mares), in three seasons for $3,286,388 in earnings. Background Serena's Song is a s ...

, a horse *

Siren (mythology) In Greek mythology, the sirens (Ancient Greek: singular: ; plural: ) were humanlike beings with alluring voices; they appear in a scene in the Odyssey in which Odysseus saves his crew's lives. Roman poets placed them on some small islands call ...

, a bird woman in Greek mythology *Serena, Samantha's identical twin cousin in '' Bewitched''