Given name · Armenian

Ելենա

“the shining light”

Ելենա (Elena) is a feminine given name from Russian. It is used in Armenian.

ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Yelena.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Ելենա is Elena written in the Armenian alphabet. In Spanish use, Elena carries the interpretation “the shining light.” In English use, Elena is a variant of Yelena. In Russian use, Yelena carries the interpretation “the shining light.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Ելենա comes from Russian.

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How it developed

From Russian Еле́на.

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Ելենա’s family of names

In Armenian usage, Ելենա shares an earlier linguistic root with Հեղինե. In Armenian usage, Ելենա can be written in the Roman alphabet as Elena. In Armenian usage, Ելենա has a transliteration in Elena.

Walk Ելենա’s family in the name graph

ԵլենաElenaYelenaՀեղինե

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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