Yelena - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Yelena \ye-le-na\ is a variant of Helen (Greek), Jelena (Russian) and Yalena (Russian), and the meaning of Yelena is "sun ray, shining light".

The baby name Yelena sounds like Allena, Alena, Ellena, Elena, Eilena, Ilena, Yllona, Jalena, Jelina, Jolena, Julena and Olena. Other similar baby names are Celena, Selena, Delena and Helena.

Yelena is a somewhat common first name for women (#3593 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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