What does Elen mean?

Elen as a girls' name is of Welsh and Greek origin, and the meaning of Elen is "sun ray". Welsh and Scandinavian form of Helen and hence closely related to the English name Ellen. The Welsh word elen means "nymph" though this is unlikely to be the origin of the name as it is found in early Welsh texts as the equivalent of Helen, the name of the mother of Constantine, Also form of Eleanor.

STARTS WITH Ele-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, sun (star), scandinavian, nymph (goddess)

Variations

VARIANT Elin

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ELLEN, HELEN Aileen, Ailene, Alena▲, Alene▼, Aline▼, Eileen▼, Elaina▲, Elaine▼, Elan, Elana, Elayne, Eleanor, Elena▲, Elene, Eleni, Elenita, Elenora▼, Elenore, Elenyi, Elinor▼, Ella, Ellan, Elle▲, Ellee, Elleen, Ellen▼, Ellena, Ellene, Ellie▲, Ellin, Ellina, Ellon, Elly, Ellyn, Elon, Elyn, Elynn, Heleen, Helena, Helene▼, Hellen▼, Ileana, Ilene▼, Ili, Ilka, Ilona, Jelena, Lean, Lena▼, Leni, Yelena

How popular is Elen?

Elen is an unusual first name for females. Elen is an equivalently uncommon last name too for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Similar Names

Elen is alike in pronunciation to Aleen, Aleine, Alenne, Allene▼, Alyne, Ayleen▲, Aylin▲, Eilean, Eileene, Eilene, Eilin, Eilwen, Elaene, Elane, Eliane, Eline, Ilane, Ilean, Ileane, Ileene, Oleen, Oline, Olwen, Olwin and Olwyn. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aden, Aren, Bren, Edee, Eden▲, Edin, Edlin, Eilena, Eiley, Eiren, El, Ela, Elah, Elba, Elbe, Elda▼, Eleana, Eleena, Eleri, Elga, Elina▲, Eliz, Elke, Elma▼, Elna▼, Elona, Els, Elsa▼, Elsee, Elvy, Elza, Eman, Emlyn, Erene, Erin▼, Erlene, Etel, Evan, Evey, Evleen, Evlin, Evlyn, Evon, Glen, Iren, Kalen, Kylen, Nolen, Pen and Ryen. These names tend to be more commonly used than Elen.