The meaning and history of the name Elena.

ELENA

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

Usage: Bulgarian, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish

Short Forms: ALENA, ALYONA, ILINCA, LENA, LENE, LENI, LENUȚA

Variants: HELENA, HELENE, ILEANA, YELENA

Name day:
March 2nd: Lithuania
May 21st: Bulgaria, Greece
May 22nd: Lithuania
July 24th: Russia
July 31st: Finland, Lithuania
August 18th: Slovakia

Famous People: Elena Dementieva^wiki (Tennis Player, 1981, Russia), Elena Paparizou^wiki (Singer, 1982, Sweden), Elena Vesnina^wiki (Tennis Player, 1986, Ukraine), Elena Gheorghe^wiki (Singer, 1985, Romania), Elena Ceau^wiki (Politician, 1916, Romania)

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Popularity: *Popularity is given by the percentage of usage over the years.

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