Elena (given name)

Elena
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameGreece
Meaningbright, shining light
Other names
Related namesEllen, Helen, Helena, Helene

Elena is a popular female given name of Greek origin. The name means "shining light". Nicknames of the name Elena are Lena, Lennie, Ella, Ellie, Nellie, or Nena (less common).[1]

Other common variants are Alena (German, Czech, Russian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian); Alenka (Slovenian); Alyona (Russian); Elene (Georgian); Helen (English); Hélène (French); Helena (Latin, Polish); Eliana (Portuguese); Eline (Dutch, Norwegian, Sranan Tongo); Ileana (Romanian, Italian, Spanish); Ilona (Hungarian, Finnish, Latvian); Olena (Ukrainian); Leena (Finnish); and Elena/Yelena/Jelena (Russian, Serbian, Croatian).[2]

Notable people

Given name

A–K

L–Z


Middle name

In fiction

  • Elena, from Street Fighter III
  • Elena, a fictional character played by Hazera Ambce in the British web series Corner Shop Show
  • Elena a priestess from Grandia II
  • Elena, a lord and the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Covenant
  • Elena, an 18-year-old girl from the Wii game Pandora's Tower
  • Elena, a Soviet scientist in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Elena, played by Vera Filatova, is a resident of Apollo House and one of Jez's love interests in Peep Show (British TV series)
  • Elena Alvarez, teenage daughter on One Day at a Time (2017 TV series)
  • Elena Amamiya, a character in Star Twinkle PreCure
  • Elena Bothari-Jesek, a childhood friend of Miles' and later a leader of the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet from the Vorkosigan Saga
  • Elena Cañero-Reed, the main character from the tv show Diary of a Future President
  • Elena Castillo Flores, a Disney princess from the animated television series Elena of Avalor
  • Elena Fisher, a character in the Uncharted series
  • Elena Gilbert, from The Vampire Diaries
  • Elena Greco, character in the Neapolitan Novels, a 4-part series by the Italian author Elena Ferrante
  • Elena Michaels, in the Women of the Otherworld series
  • Elena Potato, from the comic book and animated series Monster Allergy
  • Elena Ramos, from Dallas
  • Elena of Turks, from Final Fantasy VII
  • Elena Tyler, a character portrayed by Tangi Miller on the 1998–2002 Warner Bros. series Felicity
  • Elena de la Vega, character from "The Mask of Zorro," a 1998 motion picture

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Elena
  • Elena (disambiguation)
  • Lena (name)

Notes

  1. ^ The Treasury of North American Baby Names by Gill Davies, p. 88, ISBN 1903025125
  2. ^ "Behind the Name". Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2008.
  3. ^ "Воркутинские заметки каторжанки «Е-105» - Воспоминания о ГУЛАГе и их авторы" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
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