# Elena
## English
### Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena, cognate to English Helen.

### Proper noun

Elena (plural Elenas)
* A female given name from Italian, Spanish, or Ancient Greek.
* 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.

### See also

* Santa Elena

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elena”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 520.

### Anagrams

* Elean, Neale, anele, leane

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Elena f
* a female given name

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛlɛna]

### Proper noun

Elena f
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Helena
* Ilona

## Danish
### Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

### Proper noun

Elena
* a female given name of modern usage

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈelenɑ/, [ˈe̞le̞nɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -elenɑ
* Hyphenation: E‧le‧na

### Proper noun

Elena
* a female given name of modern usage

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Elena (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elenani
Elenani
accusative
nom.
Elenani
Elenani
gen.
Elenani
genitive
Elenani
Elenoideni Elenoitteni Elenaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Elenaani
Elenoitani
inessive
Elenassani
Elenoissani
elative
Elenastani
Elenoistani
illative
Elenaani
Elenoihini
adessive
Elenallani
Elenoillani
ablative
Elenaltani
Elenoiltani
allative
Elenalleni
Elenoilleni
essive
Elenanani
Elenoinani
translative
Elenakseni
Elenoikseni
abessive
Elenattani
Elenoittani
instructive
comitative
—Elenoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elenasi
Elenasi
accusative
nom.
Elenasi
Elenasi
gen.
Elenasi
genitive
Elenasi
Elenoidesi Elenoittesi Elenaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Elenaasi
Elenoitasi
inessive
Elenassasi
Elenoissasi
elative
Elenastasi
Elenoistasi
illative
Elenaasi
Elenoihisi
adessive
Elenallasi
Elenoillasi
ablative
Elenaltasi
Elenoiltasi
allative
Elenallesi
Elenoillesi
essive
Elenanasi
Elenoinasi
translative
Elenaksesi
Elenoiksesi
abessive
Elenattasi
Elenoittasi
instructive
comitative
—Elenoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elenamme
Elenamme
accusative
nom.
Elenamme
Elenamme
gen.
Elenamme
genitive
Elenamme
Elenoidemme Elenoittemme Elenaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Elenaamme
Elenoitamme
inessive
Elenassamme
Elenoissamme
elative
Elenastamme
Elenoistamme
illative
Elenaamme
Elenoihimme
adessive
Elenallamme
Elenoillamme
ablative
Elenaltamme
Elenoiltamme
allative
Elenallemme
Elenoillemme
essive
Elenanamme
Elenoinamme
translative
Elenaksemme
Elenoiksemme
abessive
Elenattamme
Elenoittamme
instructive
comitative
—Elenoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elenanne
Elenanne
accusative
nom.
Elenanne
Elenanne
gen.
Elenanne
genitive
Elenanne
Elenoidenne Elenoittenne Elenainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Elenaanne
Elenoitanne
inessive
Elenassanne
Elenoissanne
elative
Elenastanne
Elenoistanne
illative
Elenaanne
Elenoihinne
adessive
Elenallanne
Elenoillanne
ablative
Elenaltanne
Elenoiltanne
allative
Elenallenne
Elenoillenne
essive
Elenananne
Elenoinanne
translative
Elenaksenne
Elenoiksenne
abessive
Elenattanne
Elenoittanne
instructive
comitative
—Elenoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Elenansa
Elenansa
accusative
nom.
Elenansa
Elenansa
gen.
Elenansa
genitive
Elenansa
Elenoidensa Elenoittensa Elenainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Elenaansa
Elenoitaan Elenoitansa
inessive
Elenassaan Elenassansa
Elenoissaan Elenoissansa
elative
Elenastaan Elenastansa
Elenoistaan Elenoistansa
illative
Elenaansa
Elenoihinsa
adessive
Elenallaan Elenallansa
Elenoillaan Elenoillansa
ablative
Elenaltaan Elenaltansa
Elenoiltaan Elenoiltansa
allative
Elenalleen Elenallensa
Elenoilleen Elenoillensa
essive
Elenanaan Elenanansa
Elenoinaan Elenoinansa
translative
Elenakseen Elenaksensa
Elenoikseen Elenoiksensa
abessive
Elenattaan Elenattansa
Elenoittaan Elenoittansa
instructive
comitative
—Elenoineen Elenoinensa :

#### Statistics

* Elena is the 203rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,990 female individuals (and as a middle name to 2,710 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### Anagrams

* Leena, aleen, alene, anele

## German
### Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛlena/
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Hyphenation: E‧le‧na

### Proper noun

Elena f (proper noun, genitive Elenas or (with an article) Elena)
* a female given name, variant of Helene

## Italian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.le.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛlena
* Hyphenation: È‧le‧na

### Proper noun

Elena f
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen

### Proper noun

Elena m or f by sense
* a surname originating as a matronymic

### Further reading

* Elena on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$
* Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

### Anagrams

* leena

## Latvian
### Etymology

Variant of Elēna, Helēna.

### Proper noun

Elena f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

### 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
* a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Italian Elena and Spanish Elena.

### Proper noun

Elena
* a female given name of modern usage

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* Helena

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈlẽ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈlẽ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /eˈle.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈle.nɐ/

### Proper noun

Elena f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Ileana.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Elena f
* a female given name

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛlɛna/

### Proper noun

Elena f (genitive singular Eleny, nominative plural Eleny, declension pattern of žena)
* a female given name

#### Derived terms

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

### Further reading

* “Elena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈlena/ [eˈle.na]
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: E‧le‧na

### Proper noun

Elena f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Italian and Spanish Elena.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Elena c (genitive Elenas)
* a female given name of modern usage

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Elena.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔeˈlena/ [ʔɛˈlɛː.n̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: E‧le‧na

### Proper noun

Elena (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜈ)
* a female given name from Spanish