Elena (given name)
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| Related names | Helen, Helene, Helena |
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Elena is a popular Greek, Slavic, Spanish, Romanian and Italian version of the ancient Greek name Helen/Helene. Elena variation of Helen dates back to the 12th century.[1]
Other common variants are Alena (German, Czech, and Slavic); Alenka (Slovenian); Alina; Alyona (Russian); Elene (Georgian); Helen (English); Hélène (French); Helena; Eliana (Portuguese); 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.[2]
Notable people
First name
- Elena Altieri, Italian actress
- Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
- Elena Asimakopoulou, Greek model
- Elena Baltacha (born 1983) - a British tennis player but she was born in Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine
- Elena Berezhnaya, Russian pair skater
- Elena Bogdan (born 1992) - a Romanian tennis player
- Elena Bovina (born 1983) - a Russian tennis player
- Elena Carapetis, Greek-Australian actress
- Elena Ceauşescu (1916–1989) - wife of former Romanian head of state
- Elena Delle Donne (born 1989), American basketball player
- Elena Dementieva (born 1981) - Bovina's Russian compatriot and former tennis player
- Elena Goode (born 1983), American actress
- Ellie Goulding (born 1986), British singer-songwriter, born Elena Jane Goulding
- Elena Gheorghe, Romanian singer; Known for her hits "The Balkan Girls" and "Disco Romancing".
- Elena Grushina, Ukrainian figure skater
- Elena Hila, Romanian shot putter
- Elena Kagan (born 1960) - former United States Solicitor General and current Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Elena Ledda, Sardinian singer
- Elena Liashenko, Ukrainian figure skater
- Elena Likhovtseva (born 1975) - Dementieva's Russian compatriot and tennis player but she was born in Alma-Ata, a former capital city of Kazakhstan
- Elena Mitrano, American singer
- Elena Mousikou, Cypriot archer
- Elena Nathanael, Greek actress
- Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American opera singer
- Elena Paparizou, Greek singer
- Elena Salgado (born 1949), Spanish poltiician
- Elena Souliotis, Greek opera singer
- Elena Tatarkova (born 1976) - Ukrainian former tennis player but she was born in Dushanbe, a capital city of Tajikistan
- Elena Theoharous, Cyprion surgeon and politician
- Elena Udrea, Romanian politician; Minister of Tourism
- Elena Vesnina (born 1986) - Likhovtseva's Russian compatriot and tennis player but she was born in Lviv of Ukraine
- Elena Wagner (also Elena Pampoulova, Elena Pampoulova-Bergomi, born 1972) - German former tennis player
- Elena Zamolodchikova, Russian gymnast
Middle name
- Maria Elena Camerin (born 1982) - an Italian tennis player
- Flor Elena González, a Venezuelan telenovela actress
See also
- Elena (disambiguation)
- Lena (name)
Notes
- ↑ The Treasury of North American baby names by Gill Davies pg. 88 ISBN 1903025125
- ↑ Behind the Name
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