Elena

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See also: ʻElena and Elēna

English

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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 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

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Elena f

  1. a female given name

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

Proper noun

Elena

  1. a female given name of modern usage

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

Pronunciation

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
Elenain rare
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
abessive Elenatta Elenoitta
instructive Elenoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Elena (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Elenani Elenani
accusative nom. Elenani Elenani
gen. Elenani
genitive Elenani Elenoideni
Elenoitteni
Elenaini rare
partitive Elenaani Elenoitani
inessive Elenassani Elenoissani
elative Elenastani Elenoistani
illative Elenaani Elenoihini
adessive Elenallani Elenoillani
ablative Elenaltani Elenoiltani
allative Elenalleni Elenoilleni
essive Elenanani Elenoinani
translative Elenakseni Elenoikseni
abessive Elenattani Elenoittani
instructive
comitative Elenoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Elenasi Elenasi
accusative nom. Elenasi Elenasi
gen. Elenasi
genitive Elenasi Elenoidesi
Elenoittesi
Elenaisi rare
partitive Elenaasi Elenoitasi
inessive Elenassasi Elenoissasi
elative Elenastasi Elenoistasi
illative Elenaasi Elenoihisi
adessive Elenallasi Elenoillasi
ablative Elenaltasi Elenoiltasi
allative Elenallesi Elenoillesi
essive Elenanasi Elenoinasi
translative Elenaksesi Elenoiksesi
abessive Elenattasi Elenoittasi
instructive
comitative Elenoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Elenamme Elenamme
accusative nom. Elenamme Elenamme
gen. Elenamme
genitive Elenamme Elenoidemme
Elenoittemme
Elenaimme rare
partitive Elenaamme Elenoitamme
inessive Elenassamme Elenoissamme
elative Elenastamme Elenoistamme
illative Elenaamme Elenoihimme
adessive Elenallamme Elenoillamme
ablative Elenaltamme Elenoiltamme
allative Elenallemme Elenoillemme
essive Elenanamme Elenoinamme
translative Elenaksemme Elenoiksemme
abessive Elenattamme Elenoittamme
instructive
comitative Elenoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Elenanne Elenanne
accusative nom. Elenanne Elenanne
gen. Elenanne
genitive Elenanne Elenoidenne
Elenoittenne
Elenainne rare
partitive Elenaanne Elenoitanne
inessive Elenassanne Elenoissanne
elative Elenastanne Elenoistanne
illative Elenaanne Elenoihinne
adessive Elenallanne Elenoillanne
ablative Elenaltanne Elenoiltanne
allative Elenallenne Elenoillenne
essive Elenananne Elenoinanne
translative Elenaksenne Elenoiksenne
abessive Elenattanne Elenoittanne
instructive
comitative Elenoinenne

Statistics

  • Elena is the 203rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,990 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,710 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlena/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Hyphenation: E‧le‧na

Proper noun

Elena f (proper noun, genitive Elenas or (with an article) Elena)

  1. a female given name, variant of Helene

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

Pronunciation

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

Anagrams

Latvian

Etymology

Variant of Elēna, Helēna.

Proper noun

Elena f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

References

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

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Elena f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

Norwegian

Etymology

From Italian Elena and Spanish Elena.

Proper noun

Elena

  1. a female given name of modern usage

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Elena f

  1. 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

  1. a female given name

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. 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, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈlena/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: E‧le‧na

Proper noun

Elena f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

Swedish

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Elena c (genitive Elenas)

  1. a female given name of modern usage

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Elena.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Elena (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜈ)

  1. a female given name from Spanish