Elena

Elena

See also: ʻElena and Elēna

English

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena, cognate to English Helen.

Proper noun

Elena (plural Elenas)

1. A female given name from Italian, Spanish, or Ancient Greek.
2. A surname originating as a matronymic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Elena is the 39717^th 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.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elena”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 520.

Anagrams

• Elean, Neale, anele, leane

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlɛna]

Proper noun

Elena f

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Helena
• Ilona

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Danish

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

Proper noun

Elena

1. a female given name of modern usage

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈelenɑ/, [ˈe̞le̞nɑ]
• Rhymes: -elenɑ
• Syllabification^(key): E‧le‧na

Proper noun

Elena

1. a female given name of modern usage

Declension

Inflection of Elena (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Elena	Elenat
genitive		Elenan	Elenoiden Elenoitten
partitive		Elenaa	Elenoita
illative		Elenaan	Elenoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Elena	Elenat
accusative	nom.	Elena	Elenat
	gen.	Elenan
genitive		Elenan	Elenoiden Elenoitten Elenainrare
partitive		Elenaa	Elenoita
inessive		Elenassa	Elenoissa
elative		Elenasta	Elenoista
illative		Elenaan	Elenoihin
adessive		Elenalla	Elenoilla
ablative		Elenalta	Elenoilta
allative		Elenalle	Elenoille
essive		Elenana	Elenoina
translative		Elenaksi	Elenoiksi
instructive		—	Elenoin
abessive		Elenatta	Elenoitta
comitative		—	Elenoineen

Possessive forms of Elena (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Elenani	Elenamme
2nd person	Elenasi	Elenanne
3rd person	Elenansa

Anagrams

• Leena, aleen, alene, anele

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German

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛˌlɛna]

• Audio (Austria)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: E‧le‧na

Proper noun

Elena

1. a female given name

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.le.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛlena
• Hyphenation: È‧le‧na

Proper noun

Elena f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen

Proper noun

Elena m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as a matronymic

Further reading

• Elena on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2022

Anagrams

• leena

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Latvian

Etymology

Variant of Elēna, Helēna.

Proper noun

Elena f

1. a female given name

References

• Population Register of Latvia: Elena was the only given name of 1071 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Elena f

1. a female given name

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Italian Elena and Spanish Elena.

Proper noun

Elena

1. a female given name of modern usage

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Helena

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈlẽ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈlẽ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eˈle.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈle.nɐ/

Proper noun

Elena f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Ileana.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Elena f

1. a female given name

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlɛna/

Proper noun

Elena f (genitive singular Eleny, nominative plural Eleny, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Elena

	singular	plural
nominative	Elena	Eleny
genitive	Eleny	Elien
dative	Elene	Elenám
accusative	Elenu	Eleny
locative	Elene	Elenách
instrumental	Elenou	Elenami

Derived terms

• Elenka, Elenôčka
• Ela, Elka, Eluša
• Iľa, Iľuša

Further reading

• Elena in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈlena/ [eˈle.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: E‧le‧na

Proper noun

Elena f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

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Swedish

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

Proper noun

Elena c (genitive Elenas)

1. a female given name of modern usage

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Elena.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: E‧le‧na
• IPA^(key): /ʔeˈlena/, [ʔeˈle.nɐ]

Proper noun

Elena (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜈ)

1. a female given name from Spanish