Elena

Feminine given name

Elena is a female given name, the Spanish and Italian form of Helen.

It appears across European languages with slight variations and has maintained steady popularity in both Romance-language countries and English-speaking regions: Elena was named after her grandmother.

meaning

light

Visible electromagnetic radiation

sun · shining · luminous · brilliance · glow · sunbeam · dawn · moonlight · splendor · gleaming

character

Gilbert

Traditional male name

heroine · novel · telenovela · fiction · drama · Naples · literary

name

Yelena

Slavic feminine given name

  • LenaSiberian river to Arctic
  • IlonaHungarian feminine given name
  • AlinaName meaning bright

Nellie · Elinor · Ella · Nell · Nelly

Categories
Opposites
gender of name

ElenaAlejandro

Spanish masculine name

Ivan · Carlos · Antonio · Nikolai · Miguel

Phrases
Family

Helena, Eleanor, Helen

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G