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Elena
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ʻElena Elēna
English
+ (given name)
Etymology
en it - and en es - it Elena, cognate to en Helen.
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Elena.wav Southern England
Proper noun
s
en female Italian,Spanish,Ancient Greek.
en Devan Cole Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments. w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/politics/kagan-supreme-court-ethics-sacramento-conference/index.html 2024-07-25 Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective. https://web.archive.org/web/20260420234821/https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/politics/kagan-supreme-court-ethics-sacramento-conference/index.html 20 April 2026
en matronymics.
Derived terms
en Delena
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Elena is the 39717th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 553 individuals. Elena is most common among Hispanic/Latino (82.64%) and White (15.01%) individuals.
See also
en Santa Elena
Further reading
Anagrams
en aeeln Elean Neale anele leane
Category:Dutch feminine given names
en surnames from Italian surnames from Spanish
Albanian
Proper noun
f
sq female
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female
Declension
f
Related terms
cs Helena Ilona
Danish
Etymology
From da it - and da es - it Elena.
Proper noun
da female of modern usage
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of fi Helena, possibly from fi it Elena and/or fi es Elena.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female of modern usage
Declension
Elen a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 3223 2847 194
References
Anagrams
fi aeeln Leena aleen alene anele
German
Etymology
From de it - and de es - it Elena.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɛlena/
de De-at Elena.ogg Austria
de E le na
Proper noun
f.gen:s:-[with an article]
de female Helene
Italian
Etymology
From it grc Ἑλένη.
Pronunciation
Èlena
Proper noun
f
it female Ancient Greek Helen
Proper noun
mfbysense
it matronymics
Further reading
it
elena
Anagrams
it aeeln leena
Latvian
Etymology
Variant of lv Elēna, lv Helēna.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female Helen
References
Population Register of Latvia: Elena was the only given name of 1071 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Proper noun
f
lt female Helen
Norwegian
Etymology
From no it Elena and no es Elena.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female of modern usage
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt Helena
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
pt female Helen
Romanian
Etymology
ro :lbor la:Helena 2 1 Ileana
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Elena.wav
Proper noun
f
ro female
Slovak
Pronunciation
loan
Proper noun
f Elenka,Elenôčka,Elka
sk female
Declension
f
Derived terms
sk Hypocoristics Ela Iľa Eluša Iľuša
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Helen
Swedish
Etymology
From sv it - and sv es - it Elena.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Elena.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female of modern usage
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor es:Elena + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl female Spanish