Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Gelena is a romanization of Гелена. Гелена comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gelena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 121
- 0 boys · 121 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 241 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.
Gelena’s family of names
In Belarusian usage, Gelena is a transliteration of Гелена.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Gelena
- Gelena TopilinaRussian synchronized swimmerborn 1994
- Gelena VelikanovaSoviet singer, actress, pedagogue (1923–1998)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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