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View Name: Jelena


JELENA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
OTHER SCRIPTS: Јелена (Serbian)
Meaning & History
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of HELEN. It is also associated with the South Slavic words jelen meaning "deer, stag" and jela meaning "fir tree".
Related Names
VARIANTS: Helena, Elena (Croatian), Helena, Elena (Slovene)
DIMINUTIVES: Jela, Jelica, Jelka (Croatian), Alena, Jelka (Slovene)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Shelena (African American), Helena, Helene (Ancient Greek), Elena (Bulgarian), Helena, Alena, Ilona, Lenka (Czech), Elin, Helena, Helene, Eli, Ella, 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), Helena, Leena (Estonian), Eliina, Elina, Helena, Heleena, Heli, Ilona, Leena (Finnish), Hélène (French), Elene (Georgian), Elena, Helena, Helene, Alena, Ilona, Lena, Lene, Leni (German), Elene, Eleni (Greek), Helen, Helena, Helene (Greek Mythology), Heléna, Ili, Ilka, Ilona, Ilonka (Hungarian), Léan (Irish), Elena (Italian), Helēna, Jeļena, Ilona (Latvian), Elena, Ilona (Lithuanian), Elena (Macedonian), Elin, Helena, Helene, Eli, Ella, Lena, Lene (Norwegian), Helena, Ilona, Lena (Polish), Helena, Lena (Portuguese), Elena, Ileana, Lenuța (Romanian), Elena, Yelena, Alyona, Lena (Russian), Eilidh (Scottish), Helena, Alena, Lenka (Slovak), Elena, Ileana, Iliana (Spanish), Elin, Elina, Helena, Helene, Ella, Lena, Lennie, Lenny (Swedish), Olena, Lesya (Ukrainian), Elen, Elin (Welsh), Elaine (Welsh Mythology)
Popularity
Bosnia and Herzegovina  - 
Croatia  ranked #52 
SEE ALSO
JEĻENA


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