Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Elena

ELENA

GENDER: Feminine

OTHER SCRIPTS: Елена (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Church Slavic)

PRONOUNCED: E-le-nah (Italian), e-LE-nah (Spanish), ye-LYE-nah (Russian), ee-LYE-nah (Russian) [key]

Meaning & History

Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.

Related Names

VARIANTS: Ileana (Spanish), Ileana (Romanian), Helena, Jelena (Croatian), Helena, Jelena (Slovene), Ilona (Lithuanian), Yelena (Russian), Helena, Helene, Ilona (German)

DIMINUTIVES: Lenuța (Romanian), Jela, Jelka (Croatian), Alena, Jelka (Slovene), Alyona, Lena (Russian), Alena, Lena, Lene, Leni (German)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Helena, Helene (Ancient Greek), Helena, Alena, Ilona, Lenka (Czech), Eli, Lena, Lene (Danish), Heleen, Helena, Heleentje (Dutch), Elaine, Ellen, Helen, Helena, Ella, Elle, Ellie, Elly, Hellen, Lainey, Laney, Lena, Nelda, Nell, Nella, Nelle, Nellie, Nelly (English), Shelena (English (African American)), Helena, Leena (Estonian), Eliina, Elina, Helena, Heleena, Heli, Ilona, Leena (Finnish), Hélène (French), Elene (Georgian), Elene, Eleni (Greek), Helen, Helena, Helene (Greek Mythology), Heléna, Ili, Ilka, Ilona, Ilonka (Hungarian), Léan (Irish), Helēna, Jeļena, Ilona (Latvian), Eli, Lena, Lene (Norwegian), Helena, Ilona, Lena (Polish), Helena, Lena (Portuguese), Elin, Helena, Helene, Ella (Scandinavian), Eilidh (Scottish), Jelena (Serbian), Helena, Alena, Lenka (Slovak), Elina, Lena, Lennie, Lenny (Swedish), Olena, Lesya (Ukrainian), Elen, Elin (Welsh), Elaine (Welsh Mythology)

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