Elaine Forename
958th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 947,265 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Elaine Forename Definition:
A female name. an Old French form of Helen (q.v.), which occurs in the chansons de geste and in Malory’s Mort d’ Arthur. It is not found in use as an ordinary christian name until after Tennyson’s Idylls of the King (1859) had made familiar the story of Lancelot and Elaine which he took from Malory.
Read More About This ForenameElaine Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 384,405 | 1:943 | 202 |
| Brazil | 100% | 257,361 | 1:832 | 128 |
| England | 100% | 111,698 | 1:498 | 107 |
| Canada | 100% | 40,051 | 1:827 | 180 |
| Philippines | 99% | 23,411 | 1:4,528 | 770 |
| Scotland | 100% | 21,454 | 1:249 | 55 |
| South Africa | 100% | 18,394 | 1:2,965 | 544 |
| Ireland | 100% | 10,853 | 1:428 | 93 |
| Australia | - | 8,728 | 1:1,565 | 309 |
| Jamaica | - | 7,478 | 1:386 | 62 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,847 | 1:529 | 119 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,227 | 1:1,073 | 251 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,064 | 1:3,404 | 541 |
| China | - | 3,016 | 1:452,936 | 25,069 |
| Cuba | - | 2,840 | 1:4,052 | 494 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,787 | 1:10,837 | 1,125 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,763 | 1:2,037 | 408 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,429 | 1:11,102 | 1,238 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,364 | 1:780 | 178 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 2,342 | 1:13,002 | 1,412 |
| Ghana | - | 1,742 | 1:15,492 | 1,297 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,465 | 1:11,537 | 1,323 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,306 | 1:4,814 | 824 |
| Iraq | 100% | 1,289 | 1:27,167 | 1,313 |
| Malta | - | 1,284 | 1:334 | 65 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,224 | 1:25,174 | 3,238 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,182 | 1:6,559 | 571 |
| Colombia | 88% | 965 | 1:49,512 | 2,250 |
| Mexico | 99% | 842 | 1:147,440 | 3,094 |
| Spain | 100% | 749 | 1:62,123 | 2,255 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 733 | 1:4,844 | 451 |
| Samoa | - | 730 | 1:267 | 50 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 726 | 1:117 | 33 |
| Egypt | 100% | 672 | 1:136,757 | 5,674 |
| Sweden | 100% | 657 | 1:15,004 | 1,156 |
| Bahamas | - | 637 | 1:627 | 154 |
| Kenya | - | 635 | 1:72,925 | 4,337 |
| Guyana | 100% | 600 | 1:1,272 | 209 |
| Barbados | - | 598 | 1:485 | 112 |
| Portugal | - | 581 | 1:17,919 | 897 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 548 | 1:134,722 | 6,629 |
| France | 100% | 489 | 1:135,931 | 2,627 |
| Germany | 100% | 487 | 1:198,517 | 3,096 |
| Syria | - | 480 | 1:40,221 | 1,513 |
| Qatar | 100% | 468 | 1:5,063 | 820 |
| Thailand | 100% | 447 | 1:156,747 | 11,294 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 442 | 1:3,080 | 586 |
| Peru | 99% | 377 | 1:84,327 | 3,282 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 333 | 1:24,481 | 2,427 |
| Israel | 84% | 300 | 1:28,010 | 2,280 |
| Ecuador | - | 294 | 1:60,296 | 1,932 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 288 | 1:53,555 | 4,573 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Poland | 100% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| Guam | - | 258 | 1:623 | 109 |
| India | 100% | 256 | 1:4,745,617 | 184,797 |
| Namibia | - | 254 | 1:9,465 | 1,177 |
| Liberia | 99% | 252 | 1:17,508 | 1,272 |
| Panama | 100% | 251 | 1:15,564 | 1,719 |
| Suriname | 100% | 247 | 1:2,238 | 528 |
| Jordan | 99% | 215 | 1:41,055 | 1,436 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 210 | 1:1,228,398 | 71,972 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 207 | 1:480 | 40 |
| Palestine | 100% | 201 | 1:22,637 | 1,121 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 190 | 1:18,040 | 1,046 |
| Bahrain | - | 178 | 1:7,577 | 1,232 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 175 | 1:41,353 | 1,738 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 174 | 1:47,204 | 2,139 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Norway | 100% | 166 | 1:30,918 | 1,552 |
| Jersey | 100% | 162 | 1:617 | 146 |
| Chile | 100% | 161 | 1:109,362 | 2,685 |
| Kuwait | - | 161 | 1:23,511 | 2,397 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 151 | 1:727 | 126 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 141 | 1:168,579 | 16,153 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 138 | 1:1,286,698 | 29,889 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 136 | 1:35,058 | 1,834 |
| Belize | 100% | 129 | 1:2,747 | 632 |
| Argentina | 100% | 128 | 1:334,166 | 3,095 |
| Italy | 100% | 122 | 1:500,509 | 5,344 |
| Denmark | - | 117 | 1:48,286 | 1,870 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 115 | 1:551 | 138 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 113 | 1:484 | 77 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 112 | 1:192,951 | 8,285 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| Japan | - | 107 | 1:1,196,131 | 16,117 |
| Iran | - | 105 | 1:747,589 | 7,383 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Belgium | 100% | 100 | 1:114,900 | 3,697 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 89 | 1:1,751 | 430 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 80 | 1:89,400 | 7,339 |
| Bermuda | - | 75 | 1:864 | 184 |
| Greece | 100% | 73 | 1:149,788 | 3,433 |
| Botswana | - | 69 | 1:31,659 | 3,460 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 63 | 1:973 | 211 |
| Zambia | - | 58 | 1:273,359 | 8,321 |
| American Samoa | - | 57 | 1:980 | 99 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 54 | 1:579 | 80 |
| Haiti | 100% | 54 | 1:198,647 | 8,878 |
| Gibraltar | - | 50 | 1:683 | 143 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Uganda | 100% | 47 | 1:871,424 | 16,067 |
| Austria | 100% | 45 | 1:189,204 | 2,926 |
| Dominica | - | 43 | 1:1,755 | 293 |
| Grenada | 100% | 40 | 1:2,703 | 535 |
| Nicaragua | 89% | 39 | 1:154,316 | 4,422 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:913 | 199 |
| South Korea | - | 36 | 1:154,012 | 6,575 |
| Aruba | - | 33 | 1:3,145 | 634 |
| Saint Lucia | 93% | 32 | 1:5,557 | 900 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 32 | 1:6,000 | 891 |
| Benin | 100% | 27 | 1:391,698 | 14,343 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 27 | 1:1,955,123 | 21,944 |
| Brunei | - | 25 | 1:16,783 | 1,060 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 25 | 1:735,179 | 22,242 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 25 | 1:4,463 | 793 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 23 | 1:2,385 | 518 |
| Macau | - | 22 | 1:27,646 | 425 |
| Vietnam | - | 22 | 1:4,210,142 | 3,505 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:27,665 | 2,042 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 14 | 1:757,243 | 3,090 |
| Honduras | 100% | 14 | 1:629,819 | 8,609 |
| Oman | - | 14 | 1:293,476 | 3,954 |
| Turkey | 100% | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| Cape Verde | - | 13 | 1:40,704 | 2,103 |
| Russia | 100% | 13 | 1:11,094,900 | 40,853 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 10 | 1:3,262,352 | 23,137 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 10 | 1:1,610,843 | 5,373 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 10 | 1:5,123 | 786 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Vanuatu | - | 9 | 1:29,088 | 709 |
| Algeria | 100% | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| El Salvador | - | 7 | 1:905,969 | 6,148 |
| Finland | 100% | 7 | 1:783,312 | 7,794 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 6 | 1:2,209 | 418 |
| Cambodia | - | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Yemen | - | 5 | 1:5,259,350 | 4,986 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Monaco | 100% | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Croatia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
The alternate forms: Élaine (60), Elaíne (14), Elainé (5), Eláine (4), Elaìne (2), Elãine (2) & Èlaine (1) are calculated separately.
Elaine (3,201) may also be a surname.
Elaine Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. an Old French form of Helen (q.v.), which occurs in the chansons de geste and in Malory’s Mort d’ Arthur. It is not found in use as an ordinary christian name until after Tennyson’s Idylls of the King (1859) had made familiar the story of Lancelot and Elaine which he took from Malory.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Elaine Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 7 (1901)
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