Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Serina

セリナ

Female-classified given-name records.

せりなセリナSerina

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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings71

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows72

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Serina

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingせりな

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formセリナ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationSerina

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Serina. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationせ · り · な

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Serina mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Serina”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

セリナ

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses

セKana characterリKana characterナKana character

Kana-only spelling

せりな

Characters and loaded glosses

せKana characterりKana characterなKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

せり奈

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

せKana characterりKana character奈Nara, what?

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

せり菜

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

せKana characterりKana character菜vegetable, side dish, greens

Kanji spelling

世利奈

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses

世generation, world, society利profit, advantage, benefit奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

世利菜

Characters and loaded glosses

世generation, world, society利profit, advantage, benefit菜vegetable, side dish, greens

Kanji spelling

世利那

Characters and loaded glosses

世generation, world, society利profit, advantage, benefit那what?

Kanji spelling

世梨奈

Characters and loaded glosses

世generation, world, society梨pear tree奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

世梨菜

Characters and loaded glosses

世generation, world, society梨pear tree菜vegetable, side dish, greens

Kanji spelling

世理奈

Characters and loaded glosses

世generation, world, society理logic, arrangement, reason奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

世理菜

Characters and loaded glosses

世generation, world, society理logic, arrangement, reason菜vegetable, side dish, greens

Kanji spelling

世璃奈

Characters and loaded glosses

世generation, world, society璃glassy, lapis lazuli奈Nara, what?

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 72. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Serina is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings2

せりな · セリナ

Kanji-based spellings70

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms6

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms62

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name

せりな in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms71

72 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 72

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
せりなSerina	7172 source rows	female 72source rows · distinct forms: female 71	00 source rows
せりなSerina	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Serina

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data70

8–41 strokes observed span

Median total strokes28

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms70

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
せりな	Serina	3	72

Recurring first-position kanji

世generation, world15 forms 瀬rapids, current10 forms 星star, spot9 forms 聖holy, saint9 forms 芹parsley9 forms 静quiet4 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

奈Nara, what?32 forms菜vegetable, side dish18 forms 那what?6 forms南south4 forms 凪lull, calm3 forms 名name, noted3 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

里奈11 analyzed forms 梨奈5 analyzed forms 莉奈5 analyzed forms 理奈4 analyzed forms 理菜4 analyzed forms 瀬里4 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

3 of 72 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked72

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings3

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading68

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

世麗菜

2 source-recorded readings

Serinaせりな · this pageSerenaせれな

芹奈

2 source-recorded readings

SenaせなSerinaせりな · this page

芹菜

2 source-recorded readings

SenaせなSerinaせりな · this page

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Serina spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

Kanji	Character glosses	Forms	First	Final	Internal	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
奈	Nara, what?	32	0	32	0	8	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
菜	vegetable, side dish, greens	18	0	18	0	11	よう	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
里	ri, village, parent's home	16	0	0	16	7	さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
世	generation, world, society	15	15	0	0	5	とし, ゆ, ゆき	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
莉	jasmine	11	0	0	11	10	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
梨	pear tree	10	0	0	10	11	か	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
理	logic, arrangement, reason	10	0	0	10	11	あや, おさむ, さと, さとる +12	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
瀬	rapids, current, torrent	10	10	0	0	19	いわた, がせ, しげ, せい +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
星	star, spot, dot	9	9	0	0	9	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
聖	holy, saint, sage	9	9	0	0	13	きよ, さと, さとし, せ +5	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
芹	parsley	9	9	0	0	7	せい, よし	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
利	profit, advantage, benefit	6	0	0	6	7	かが, と, とし, のり +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

セリナ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな

Characters in order

セKanaリKanaナKana

Exact written form

せりな

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな · this page

Characters in order

せKanaりKanaなKana

Exact written form

せり奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな · this page

Characters in order

せKanaりKana奈Nara, what?

Exact written form

せり菜

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな · this page

Characters in order

せKanaりKana菜vegetable, side dish

Exact written form

世利奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな · this page

Characters in order

世generation, world利profit, advantage奈Nara, what?

Exact written form

世利菜

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな · this page

Characters in order

世generation, world利profit, advantage菜vegetable, side dish

Exact written form

世利那

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな · this page

Characters in order

世generation, world利profit, advantage那what?

Exact written form

世梨奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな · this page

Characters in order

世generation, world梨pear tree奈Nara, what?

Exact written form

世梨菜

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな · this page

Characters in order

世generation, world梨pear tree菜vegetable, side dish

Exact written form

世理奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Serinaせりな · this page

Characters in order

世generation, world理logic, arrangement奈Nara, what?

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 72. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Serina spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

奈Nara, what?32 of 72 analyzed forms菜vegetable, side dish, greens18 of 72 analyzed forms 里ri, village, parent's home16 of 72 analyzed forms 世generation, world, society15 of 72 analyzed forms 莉jasmine11 of 72 analyzed forms 梨pear tree10 of 72 analyzed forms 理logic, arrangement, reason10 of 72 analyzed forms 瀬rapids, current, torrent10 of 72 analyzed forms 星star, spot, dot9 of 72 analyzed forms 聖holy, saint, sage9 of 72 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Serina

72 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading せりな. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

セリナ

セリナ · Serina

Katakana セリナMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling

Serina

Extended source depth

How to read Serina

What can Serina mean?

セリナ

せりな

せり奈

せり菜

世利奈

世利菜

世利那

世梨奈

世梨菜

世理奈

世理菜

世璃奈

How to read these meanings

How Serina is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Serina

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Serina spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

セリナ

せりな

せり奈

せり菜

世利奈

世利菜

世利那

世梨奈

世梨菜

世理奈

Kanji recurring across Serina spellings

Explore written forms of Serina

セリナ

せりな

せり奈

せり菜

世利奈

世利菜

世利那

世梨奈

世梨菜

世理奈

世理菜

世璃奈

世莉南

世莉奈

世莉菜

世里奈

世里菜

世麗生

世麗菜

千莉奈

台苗

妹里奈

成理那

早里奈

星凛南

星凛直

星利奈

星李菜

星梨南

星梨奈

星理奈

星里奈

星鈴奈

汐莉奈

汐莉那

汐里奈

清里奈

瀬梨夏

瀬梨奈

瀬梨菜

瀬理凪

瀬理奈

瀬莉奈

瀬里名

瀬里奈