Елена

See also: елена and Єлена

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛˈlɛnɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɐ
  • Syllabification(key): Е‧ле‧на
  • Hyphenation(key): Еле‧на

Proper noun

Еле́на • (Elénaf

  1. a female given name, Elena or Yelena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen
  2. Elena (a small town in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlɛna]

Proper noun

Елена • (Elenaf

  1. a female given name, Elena or Yelena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē, Helen).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Еле́на • (Jelénaf anim (genitive Еле́ны, nominative plural Еле́ны, genitive plural Еле́н)

  1. a female given name, Elena, Yelena, or Jelena, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen
  2. a transliteration of the Belarusian female given name Алена (Aljena)
  3. a transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Олена (Olena)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: Ելենա (Elena)
  • English: Yelena, Elena
  • Estonian: Jelena
  • Finnish: Jelena
  • German: Jelena
  • Ingrian: Jelena
  • Latvian: Jeļena
  • Lithuanian: Jelena
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: Јелена
    Latin script: Jelena
  • Slovak: Jela
  • Slovene: Jelena