[on her name change - Broadway.com, July 2013] I came up with the name Lena Hall a couple of years ago. It was an idea for my rock persona, but the response for that name was so good. Multiple people in the industry suggested I have one name for everything. [Lena Hall] is just two shortenings of my first name and my last name. So Lena Hall is Celina Carvajal. It seemed like an easier way of people getting to know me. Lena Hall is a nice symmetrical name, and it reminds people of
Lena Horne, who was a singer. And when people hear my name, I want them to think of a singer.
