Elena

eh-LAY-nah, eh-LEN-ah, EL-en-ah

Spanish, Italian, German, Greek variation of Helen

"bright, shining light"

Updated Wed Oct 22 2025

Elena Origin and Meaning

Variation of Elaina

# 45 in the US

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Elena Petrović
Njegoš of Montenegro, Queen consort of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Albania
Elena Jane "Ellie" Goulding
English singer
Elena Sergeevna "Lena" Katina
Russian singer of group t.A.T.u
Elena Kagan
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva
Russian tennis player
Elena Băsescu
Romanian MEP
Elena Ferrante
penname of an unknown Italian novelist
Elena Gant
reality TV personality from "Little Women: LA"
Elena Goode
American actress
Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos de Borbón y de Grecia
Infanta of Spain; Duchess of Lugo; daughter of Juan Carlos I
Elena
Princess of Romania; daughter of Michael I
Elena Delle Donne
American basketball player
Elena Bibescu
Romanian princess and pianist
Elena Olegovna Bovina
Russian tennis player
Elena Radionova
Russian figure skater
Elena Sergeevna Baltacha
Ukrainian,British tennis player
Elena Slivnyak
fashion designer and former "Project Runway" contestant
Elena Vesnina
Russian tennis player
Elena Viatcheslavovna Dementieva
Russian tennis player
Eleni "Elena" Paparizou
Greek,Swedish singer
Elena Eremina
Russian gymnast
Elena Arenas
American gymnast
Elena Neill (b. 1991)
daughter of actor Sam Neill
Elena Kitic (b. 1998)
daughter of Serbian stars Mile Kitic & Marta Savic
Elena Bineva
Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Kong
Hong,Kong actress

Elena Gilbert
character in The Vampire Diaries series
Elena "Helene" Vasilyevna Kuragina
character from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace
Elena Castillo Flores of Avalor
Disney Princess on animated series "Elena of Avalor"
Elena Houghlin
character in 2019's "Charlie's Angels"
Elena Tyler
character on TV's "Felicity"
Elena Ramos
character on TV's "Dallas"
Elena Fisher
character in the video game 'Uncharted'
Elena Lincoln
character in the Fifty Shades of Grey series
Godmother Elena
main character in "The Fairy Godmother"
Elena
Daemon Spade's lover in the series, 'Katekyo Hitman Reborn!'
Elena
character in the game 'Final Fantasy VII'
Elena Derevko
character on TV's Alias
Elena "Yo
Yo" Rodriguez, character on TV's "Agents of SHIELD"
Elena
character in the Street Fighter video games
Elena Greco
heroine and narrator of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels
Elena Galathynius Havilliard
half,fae Queen from the Throne of Glass novels
Elena Antonov Michaels Danvers
main character in Kelley Armstrong "Women of the Otherworld"
Elena Alvarez
character in Netflix's "One Day At A Time"
Elena Abelli
Female main character of book “The Sweetest Oblivion” by Danielle Lori