Meaning 
The name Elena has the following meaning: Light. Remains highly visible throughout the years due to the legendary beauty of Helen of Troy. Her beauty caused her to be abducted, leading to the Trojan War. As the saying goes, she was "the face that launched a thousand ships". The name stayed popular throughout the ages, spawning many famous personalities such as Helen Keller and Helen Reddy.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.
Popularity 
As a baby girl name, Elena is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 218 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Elena rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 14 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 195 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Elena in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Elena and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Elena: Boys - Alek, Dardanus, Myron, Girls - Daira, Thalia, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, Barbara
Variants 
The name Elena is a variant of Helen. Other popular variants of the name Helen are: Alena (Russian), Alyena (Russian), Eileen (Irish), Elaina, Elaine (English), Eleanor (French), Eleaonora (Swedish), Elena (Spanish), Elina (Russian), Eliora (Israeli), Ellen (Dutch), Elna (Danish), Haliana (Polish), Halina (Polish), Helena (Latin), Helene (French), Hellen (English), Helli (Finnish), Ilona (Hungarian), Lene (Norwegian)
Style 
We think the name Elena should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional girl names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Elena to be: A pretty upper-class woman who is well-educatedIn one word, you might describe Elena as a(n) " well-educated" person. See other "well-educated" names for girls.
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