Gender | Female |
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Related names | Helen, Helene, |
Elena is a popular female first name in Greek, Italian, Slavic, Baltic, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. It originates in the ancient Greek name Helen/Helene. The variation "Elena" dates back to the 12th century.
Other common variants are (German, Czech, Russian, Belarusian); Alenka (Slovenian); Alyona (Russian); Elene (Georgian); Helen (English); Hélène (French); ; Eliana (Portuguese); Elena (Romanian and Spanish); Ilona (Hungarian, Finnish, and Latvian); Olena (Ukrainian); and Elena/Yelena (Russian, Serbian).