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Єлена
“the shining light”
Єлена (Jelena) is a feminine given name from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Pannonian Rusyn.
Ukrainian and rsk and rueWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Jelena.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Єлена is Jelena written in Cyrillic. In Russian use, Jelena carries the interpretation “the shining light.” In English use, Jelena is a variant of Yelena. In Russian use, Yelena carries the interpretation “the shining light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Єлена comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Єлена developed from Ἑλένη.
Єлена’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Єлена shares an earlier linguistic root with Гелена. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Єлена can be written in the Roman alphabet as Jelena. In Ukrainian usage, Єлена has a conventional equivalent in the French form Hélène.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Єлена has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Єлена comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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