Elena Forename
31st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 8,516,023 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia
Elena Forename Definition:
A female name. the earlier English form of Helen (q.v.), now treated as an independent name. In medieval records Helen usually appears as Elen or Elena, Elene, Elin or Ellin, &c., and these forms, together with the diminutive Elot and Ellot, are found as late as the 17th C.
Read More About This ForenameElena Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 4,311,620 | 1:33 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1,206,309 | 1:38 | 8 |
| Romania | 100% | 315,064 | 1:64 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 307,744 | 1:58 | 1 |
| Italy | 100% | 292,229 | 1:209 | 41 |
| Belarus | 100% | 251,878 | 1:38 | 7 |
| Spain | 100% | 183,440 | 1:254 | 45 |
| Philippines | 99% | 163,707 | 1:648 | 102 |
| Mexico | 100% | 145,723 | 1:852 | 170 |
| Argentina | 100% | 118,367 | 1:361 | 86 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 114,721 | 1:268 | 34 |
| United States | 100% | 100,669 | 1:3,601 | 585 |
| Moldova | 100% | 99,978 | 1:36 | 3 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 71,611 | 1:117 | 16 |
| Peru | 100% | 69,174 | 1:460 | 72 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 57,398 | 1:95 | 13 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 56,127 | 1:125 | 9 |
| Cuba | - | 52,095 | 1:221 | 49 |
| Germany | 100% | 51,243 | 1:1,887 | 320 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 39,955 | 1:265 | 45 |
| Chile | 100% | 37,682 | 1:467 | 103 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 32,149 | 1:92 | 11 |
| Colombia | 100% | 31,768 | 1:1,504 | 227 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 30,662 | 1:173 | 36 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 26,193 | 1:1,153 | 182 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 25,890 | 1:622 | 125 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 24,350 | 1:245 | 14 |
| Brazil | 100% | 23,993 | 1:8,929 | 1,052 |
| Ecuador | - | 23,762 | 1:746 | 159 |
| Canada | 100% | 11,833 | 1:2,800 | 532 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 11,056 | 1:655 | 140 |
| Transnistria | 99% | 11,048 | 1:43 | 10 |
| England | 100% | 10,949 | 1:5,078 | 544 |
| Greece | 100% | 10,800 | 1:1,012 | 133 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 10,545 | 1:989 | 160 |
| Israel | 99% | 8,669 | 1:969 | 215 |
| Honduras | 100% | 7,603 | 1:1,160 | 200 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 7,265 | 1:10,162 | 1,031 |
| Poland | 100% | 7,257 | 1:5,240 | 315 |
| Georgia | 100% | 7,163 | 1:522 | 121 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 6,914 | 1:496 | 106 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 6,634 | 1:131 | 24 |
| Thailand | 100% | 6,475 | 1:10,821 | 1,742 |
| Egypt | 100% | 6,290 | 1:14,611 | 1,246 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 6,166 | 1:1,332 | 278 |
| El Salvador | - | 6,139 | 1:1,033 | 182 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 6,013 | 1:189 | 53 |
| France | 100% | 5,915 | 1:11,238 | 680 |
| Panama | 100% | 5,441 | 1:718 | 106 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5,378 | 1:1,981 | 228 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 5,067 | 1:413 | 71 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,851 | 1:3,484 | 586 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 3,996 | 1:1,506 | 296 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3,919 | 1:1,217 | 249 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,409 | 1:3,371 | 607 |
| Estonia | 100% | 3,099 | 1:424 | 83 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,944 | 1:3,348 | 438 |
| Finland | 100% | 2,872 | 1:1,909 | 354 |
| Australia | - | 2,729 | 1:5,005 | 656 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,458 | 1:3,464 | 379 |
| Albania | 100% | 2,432 | 1:1,253 | 252 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| Portugal | - | 2,260 | 1:4,607 | 391 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,893 | 1:28,808 | 3,548 |
| Zambia | - | 1,721 | 1:9,213 | 1,037 |
| Angola | - | 1,620 | 1:16,646 | 1,564 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 1,605 | 1:6,008 | 944 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1,570 | 1:4,551 | 572 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,536 | 1:167,945 | 16,962 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,331 | 1:3,856 | 530 |
| Croatia | 100% | 1,257 | 1:3,355 | 457 |
| Latvia | 98% | 1,217 | 1:1,656 | 278 |
| Denmark | - | 1,191 | 1:4,743 | 573 |
| Ghana | - | 1,180 | 1:22,870 | 1,643 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1,125 | 1:2,186 | 389 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1,085 | 1:71,707 | 2,699 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,065 | 1:32,252 | 1,644 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,059 | 1:38,675 | 2,500 |
| China | - | 1,054 | 1:1,296,068 | 37,587 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,035 | 1:4,383 | 644 |
| Ireland | 100% | 957 | 1:4,852 | 481 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 925 | 1:105,470 | 7,385 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 809 | 1:40,326 | 2,176 |
| Fiji | - | 748 | 1:1,193 | 290 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 670 | 1:45,448 | 3,833 |
| Armenia | 98% | 651 | 1:4,483 | 569 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| India | 100% | 572 | 1:2,123,913 | 108,610 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 564 | 1:6,295 | 515 |
| Abkhazia | 99% | 557 | 1:437 | 122 |
| Japan | - | 531 | 1:241,028 | 7,602 |
| Malawi | 100% | 529 | 1:32,348 | 2,463 |
| Scotland | 100% | 520 | 1:10,289 | 704 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 511 | 1:13,996 | 1,476 |
| Haiti | 100% | 510 | 1:21,033 | 1,735 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Kenya | 100% | 478 | 1:96,877 | 5,162 |
| Congo | 100% | 471 | 1:10,635 | 1,353 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 466 | 1:66,121 | 7,124 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 461 | 1:51,561 | 7,709 |
| Malta | - | 455 | 1:944 | 210 |
| Belize | 100% | 430 | 1:824 | 145 |
| Hungary | 100% | 406 | 1:24,118 | 433 |
| Wales | 100% | 361 | 1:8,571 | 759 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 354 | 1:1,593 | 281 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 338 | 1:525,338 | 16,233 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 337 | 1:24,191 | 2,399 |
| Samoa | - | 274 | 1:712 | 214 |
| Syria | - | 260 | 1:74,254 | 1,753 |
| Singapore | 100% | 248 | 1:25,351 | 4,272 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 220 | 1:239,947 | 9,226 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 217 | 1:71,077 | 5,626 |
| Qatar | 100% | 207 | 1:11,447 | 1,810 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 200 | 1:3,173 | 547 |
| San Marino | 100% | 185 | 1:178 | 42 |
| Akrotiri and Dhekelia | 100% | 178 | 1:44 | 7 |
| South Korea | 100% | 163 | 1:34,015 | 2,667 |
| Oman | - | 157 | 1:26,170 | 1,993 |
| Liberia | 98% | 138 | 1:31,971 | 1,925 |
| Hong Kong | - | 126 | 1:61,530 | 2,589 |
| Andorra | - | 125 | 1:663 | 104 |
| Algeria | - | 123 | 1:310,380 | 3,810 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Jamaica | - | 117 | 1:24,643 | 1,854 |
| Monaco | 100% | 117 | 1:329 | 40 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Guam | - | 98 | 1:1,639 | 371 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 88 | 1:15,471 | 2,009 |
| Kuwait | - | 85 | 1:44,533 | 4,106 |
| Iran | - | 84 | 1:934,487 | 8,293 |
| Kosovo | - | 83 | 1:22,427 | 2,432 |
| Aruba | - | 67 | 1:1,549 | 313 |
| American Samoa | - | 66 | 1:846 | 81 |
| Jordan | - | 62 | 1:142,367 | 2,343 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 56 | 1:956 | 211 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 55 | 1:1,684,057 | 3,051 |
| Nepal | 71% | 52 | 1:547,834 | 15,430 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 52 | 1:1,051 | 217 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 49 | 1:71,928 | 2,626 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 47 | 1:39,216 | 1,147 |
| Iceland | 71% | 38 | 1:9,632 | 896 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 37 | 1:15,702 | 1,358 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 36 | 1:640,998 | 22,008 |
| Madagascar | - | 36 | 1:656,372 | 1,939 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 32 | 1:6,073,678 | 53,495 |
| Guyana | 100% | 31 | 1:24,621 | 2,839 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 30 | 1:3,658 | 648 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 29 | 1:10,970 | 1,226 |
| Tunisia | - | 29 | 1:23,341 | 1,639 |
| Libya | - | 25 | 1:248,852 | 929 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Rwanda | - | 25 | 1:454,857 | 1,393 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Cameroon | 83% | 23 | 1:939,587 | 25,311 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 20 | 1:4,970 | 915 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 20 | 1:3,065 | 627 |
| Cambodia | 89% | 18 | 1:904,074 | 14,944 |
| Jersey | - | 18 | 1:5,554 | 644 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 16 | 1:11,113 | 1,461 |
| Lebanon | - | 14 | 1:401,969 | 5,774 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Senegal | 100% | 13 | 1:1,121,643 | 9,904 |
| Benin | 100% | 12 | 1:881,320 | 23,430 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 12 | 1:1,531,622 | 37,504 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 12 | 1:170,000 | 12,545 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Maldives | 100% | 6 | 1:72,317 | 2,029 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:9,825 | 1,060 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Grenada | - | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Eléna (238), Elèna (20), Élena (5), Elēna (3), Èlena (2) & Éléna (6) are calculated separately.
Elena (20,699) may also be a surname.
Elena Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the earlier English form of Helen (q.v.), now treated as an independent name. In medieval records Helen usually appears as Elen or Elena, Elene, Elin or Ellin, &c., and these forms, together with the diminutive Elot and Ellot, are found as late as the 17th C. Ellen gradually fell out of upper-class use, and Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 seems to regard it as a Scotticism; but it survived among the poorer classes in England and had some revival of popularity in the later 19th C.
Elena Curia Regis Rolls 1213-15, Feudal Aids 1346. Elene Lincs 1529. Ellene Lyford 1655. Ellyn Records of St. Mary at Hill, 1420-1559 (E.E.T.S. 125-8) 1507. Elen, Ellin Chester 1561. Elota, Ellota Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Elena Forename Popularity
Elena Demographics
Elena Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 15,679 (2014)
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Phonetically Similar Names
Elena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elena in the Russian language | ||
| Елена | elena | - |
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