Elena

Pronunciation: eh-LAY-nə (key)

Origin of the name Elena:

A cognate of the Greek Helenē (light, torch, bright).

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In Germany the name can be pronounced in 3 different ways: always eh l eh n ah, but with no stress or a stress on the first eh or on the second. In my name eg is no syllaby stressed.

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Common combinations in Spanish are Luz Elena, Maria Elena and Martha Elena.

This is my grandmothers name- except she pronounces it like Ellen-ah. I believe it is the proper pronounciation in Lithuanian, and opens it up as an alternitive name for the nickname Ellie, which is what she goes by.

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Lanie, Lena, Ellie, Elle

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Famous real-life people named Elena: | Edit

Elena Paparizou, Greek singer/ international star
Elena Anaya, actress
Elena Poniatowska, journalist
Elena Furiase, Spanish actress

Elena in song, story & screen: | Edit

Elena Mendola, female love interest in the Italian movie Cinema Paradiso
Elena Michaels -- the female werewolf in Kelley Armstong's "Women of the Otherworld" book series

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