Elena

See also: ʻElena and Elēna

English

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.

Further reading

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛna]

Proper noun

Elena f

  1. a female given name

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈelenɑ/, [ˈe̞le̞nɑ]
  • Rhymes: -elenɑ
  • Syllabification(key): E‧le‧na

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
Elenainrare
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
instructive Elenoin
abessive Elenatta Elenoitta
comitative Elenoineen
Possessive forms of Elena (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person Elenani Elenamme
2nd person Elenasi Elenanne
3rd person Elenansa

Anagrams


German

Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛˌlɛna]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: E‧le‧na

Proper noun

Elena

  1. a female given name

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.le.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlena
  • Hyphenation: È‧le‧na

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

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

Norwegian

Etymology

From Italian Elena and Spanish Elena.

Proper noun

Elena

  1. a female given name of modern usage

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈlẽ.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈle.na/

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

  • (file)

Proper noun

Elena f

  1. a female given name

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlɛna/

Proper noun

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

  1. a female given name

Declension

Derived terms

  • Elenka, Elenôčka
  • Ela, Elka, Eluša
  • Iľa, Iľuša

Further reading

  • Elena in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈlena/ [eˈle.na]
  • 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.

Proper noun

Elena c (genitive Elenas)

  1. a female given name of modern usage

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Elena.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: E‧le‧na
  • IPA(key): /ʔeˈlena/, [ʔeˈle.nɐ]

Proper noun

Elena (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜈ)

  1. a female given name from Spanish
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