Given name & surname
Elene
“the shining light”
Elene is a variant of Elena. In Spanish use, Elena carries the interpretation “the shining light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elene is a variant of Elena. In Spanish use, Elena carries the interpretation “the shining light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elene is a romanization of ელენე. ელენე comes from Ancient Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,274
- 0 boys · 1,274 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,001 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,001 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,054 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elene’s family of names
Elene has a related form in Elena. In Danish usage, Elene has a conventional equivalent in the German form Helene. In Georgian usage, Elene is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ელენე.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Elene
- Elene GedevanishviliGeorgian figure skaterborn 1990
- Elene Akhvlediani20th-century Georgian painter, graphic artist, and theater decorator (1898–1975)
- Elene LeteSpanish association football playerborn 2002
- Elene Naverianifilm directorborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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