Entry № 1198 · Spanish origin

Azucena Azucena — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-soo-SEH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
"Madonna lily"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "madonna lily".

Azucena is the Spanish word for the Madonna lily — from the Arabic as-sawsana (the lily). Symbol of purity in Christian iconography.

Azucena is widely used in Spain and Latin America. Azucena is the Romani heroine of Verdi's opera Il Trovatore.

Madonna lily. Verdi's Il Trovatore heroine.

The name in its native script.

Azucena
Transliteration
Azucena
Pronunciation
/ ˌɑː.suːˈsɛ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Azucena stands.

Azucena does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Azucenas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Azucena
Romani heroine of Il Trovatore.
Verdi, 1853

Names connected to Azucena.

The number behind Azucena.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Azucena reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.