Elena
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Elena, cognate to English Helen.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Elena (plural Elenas)
A female given name from Italian, Spanish, or Ancient Greek.
A surname originating as a matronymic.
==== 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 ===
Santa Elena
=== Further reading ===
Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elena”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 520.
=== Anagrams ===
Elean, Neale, anele, leane
== Albanian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f
a female given name
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛna]
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f
a female given name
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
== Danish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Italian and Spanish Elena.
=== Proper noun ===
Elena
a female given name of modern usage
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
Variant of Helena, possibly from Italian Elena and/or Spanish Elena.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈelenɑ/, [ˈe̞le̞nɑ̝]
Rhymes: -elenɑ
Syllabification(key): E‧le‧na
Hyphenation(key): E‧le‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Elena
a female given name of modern usage
==== Declension ====
==== Statistics ====
Elena is the 194th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,223 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,847 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
=== References ===
=== Anagrams ===
Leena, aleen, alene, anele
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
From Italian and Spanish Elena.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛlena/
Hyphenation: E‧le‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f (proper noun, genitive Elenas or (with an article) Elena)
a female given name, variant of Helene
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɛ.le.na/
Rhymes: -ɛlena
Hyphenation: È‧le‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen
=== Proper noun ===
Elena m or f by sense
a surname originating as a matronymic
=== Further reading ===
Elena on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Stefano Ravara (2015–2026), Mappa dei Cognomi[2]
=== Anagrams ===
leena
== Latvian ==
=== Etymology ===
Variant of Elēna, Helēna.
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f
a female given name, equivalent to English Helen
=== References ===
[3] Population Register of Latvia: Elena was the only given name of 1071 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
== Lithuanian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f
a female given name, equivalent to English Helen
== Norwegian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Italian Elena and Spanish Elena.
=== Proper noun ===
Elena
a female given name of modern usage
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Helena
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f
a female given name, equivalent to English Helen
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Ileana.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f
a female given name
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /elena/, [ˈelena]
Rhymes: -ena
Hyphenation: E‧le‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f (diminutive Elenka or Elenôčka or Elka)
a female given name
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“Elena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eˈlena/ [eˈle.na]
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: E‧le‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Elena f
a female given name, equivalent to English Helen
== Swedish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Italian and Spanish Elena.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Elena c (genitive Elenas)
a female given name of modern usage
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish Elena.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔeˈlena/ [ʔɛˈlɛː.n̪ɐ]
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: E‧le‧na
=== Proper noun ===
Elena (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜈ)
a female given name from Spanish