What does Elena mean?

Elena means "defender of men; bright"

How do we pronounce Elena?

Elena \e-le-na, el-ena\ is a female's name. It consists of 5 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Elena is pronounced as ehLEHNaa in Italian and Spanish, iyLYEHNaa or YehLYEHNaa in Russian 1.

1 Pronunciation for Elena: EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)"

What is the origin of Elena?

Elena is used predominantly in Spanish, Czech, Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic. It is derived from Old Greek and Old Provençal origins. Elena is a variant of the name nicknames for Alexandra (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish) in the Spanish language. Elena is also a variant of the name name Eleanor origin (English). Elena is also a variant of the name meaning of Helen (English) in the Czech, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Slavic, and Spanish languages. See also the related forms, Malena name popularity (English and Italian), name Mariaelena (Spanish), short names for Marilena (English, German, Italian, and Romanian), and short names for Milena (Greek, Hebrew, Russian, Czech, English, German, Italian, Slavic, and Spanish). Elena is popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1900s; before that, it was of modest use only. At the recent height of its usage in 2010, 0.096% of baby girls were named Elena. It had a ranking of #163 then. Within all girl names in its family, Elena was the 2nd most popular after Alexandra name in 2010. The name was twice as popular as Elena in that year.

List of baby names Elena:

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The baby name Elena fun facts:

The name Elena in reverse order is "Anele".

The numerological value of the name Elena is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Elena?

Elena is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.15%
20130.14%
20120.13%
20110.11%
20100.11%
20090.09%
20080.09%
20070.09%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames