Elena (name)

Elena (name)

Elena is a popular Greek, Slavic, Spanish, Romanian and Italian version of the Greek name Helen (Eleni), meaning "light."

Other common variants are Alena (German, Czech, and Slavic); Alenka (Slovenian); Alina; Alyona (Russian); Elene (Georgian); Ileana (Romanian and Spanish); Ilona (Hungarian, Finnish, and Latvian); Jelena (Latvian, Croatian, and Serbian); Olena (Ukrainian); and Yelena (Russian).

Elena was among the top five names given to baby girls in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2004 and was the third most popular name given to baby girls born in the Republic of Macedonia in 2006. [ [http://www.behindthename.com/name/elena Behind the Name] ]

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