Elena is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “shining light.” In 2024 it was given to 4,567 girls in the United States.
Elena belongs to the Italian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “shining light” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Elena first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #45 in 2024, and in 2024 4,567 babies received the name — 103,149 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Elena means “shining light” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Elena is a girl name. In 2024, 4,567 babies received the name in the US.
Elena comes from the Italian, English & American and Greek tradition.
Elena first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #45 in 2024, and 4,567 babies were given the name in 2024.
Elena is pronounced /www.cnn.com/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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