Elena (given name)
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| Gender | Female |
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| Related names | Helen, Helene, Helena |
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Elena is a popular female first name in Greek, Slavic, Baltic, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian and Italian. It originates in the ancient Greek name Helen/Helene. The variation "Elena" dates back to the 12th century.[1]
Other common variants are Alena (German, Czech, Russian, Belarusian); Alenka (Slovenian); Alyona (Russian); Elene (Georgian); Helen (English); Hélène (French); Helena; Eliana (Portuguese); Ileana (Romanian and Spanish); Ilona (Hungarian, Finnish, and Latvian); Olena (Ukrainian); and Jelena/Yelena (Russian, Serbian).[2]
Notable people
First name
- Elena Altieri, Italian actress
- Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
- Elena Asimakopoulou, Greek model
- Elena Baltacha (1983–2014), British tennis player, born in Kiev
- Elena Berezhnaya, Russian pair skater
- Elena Bogdan (born 1992), Romanian tennis player
- Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, (born 1963), Infanta of Spain and Duchess of Lugo
- Elena Bovina (born 1983), Russian tennis player
- Elena Carapetis, Greek-Australian actress
- Elena Ceaușescu (1916–1989), wife of former Romanian head of state Nicolae Ceaușescu
- Elena Delle Donne (born 1989), American basketball player
- Elena Dementieva (born 1981), Russian 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 Supreme Court of the United States
- Elena Ledda, Sardinian singer
- Elena Liashenko, Ukrainian figure skater
- Elena Likhovtseva (born 1975), Russian tennis player
- Elena Mitrano, American singer, formerly Ellen Morgan / Hilary Foretich
- Elena Mousikou, Cypriot archer
- Elena Nathanael, Greek actress
- Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American opera singer
- Elena Obraztsova (1930–2015), Russian operatic mezzo-soprano
- Elena Panaritis, Greek economist
- Elena Paparizou, Greek singer
- Elena Poniatowska, Mexican journalist and author
- Princess Elena of Montenegro (Princess Elena Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro, 1873–1952), wife of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
- Elena Salgado (born 1949), Spanish poltiician
- Elena Souliotis, Greek opera singer
- Elena Stasova, Russian communist revolutionary
- Elena Tatarkova (born 1976), Ukrainian former tennis player
- Elena Udrea, Romanian politician; Minister of Tourism
- Elena Vesnina (born 1986), Russian tennis player
- 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), Italian tennis player
- Maria Elena Kyriakou (born 1984), Greek Cypriot singer
- Flor Elena González, Venezuelan telenovela actress
See also
Notes
- ↑ The Treasury of North American Baby Names by Gill Davies, p. 88, ISBN 1903025125
- ↑ Behind the Name
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