Name: Elena
Gender: Female
Usage: Elena, of greek origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Elena are in general originating from Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan.
Variants: For another variant of the name Elena across the world, see Helene.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Elena is: Wicker, Shining light.
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Numerology of the first name Elena: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Elena is ranked on the 511th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1177400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.017% of the population. The name Elena has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Elena for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Elena is 12 November.
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History and Origin
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.
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 (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. Elena is also ranked 1st in Science City of Munoz,specifically in a small portion of the town named Bantug.
Italian and Spanish form of Helen.
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