Origin of the name Jelena

Form of Yelena. In Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia it is also associated with the South Slavic words jelen meaning "deer, stag" and jela meaning "fir tree".

Name equivalents in different languages

cz: Aja, Alca, Alena, Alenka, Hela, Helena, Helenka
de: Alena, Elena, Helena, Helene, Ilka, Ilona, Jelena
en: Aileen, Alaina, Aline, Eileen, Elaine, Ella, Ellen
fr: Aline, Elana, Helena, Helene, Marilene
hu: Duci, Helen, Ili, Ilka, Ilona, Ilonka
it: Elena, Maddalena, Marilena
li: Alina, Elena, Helena, Ilona
pl: Alina, Halena, Halszka, Helena, Helenka, Ilona, Lena
ru: Alionka, Alionouchka, Alyona, Elena, Elene, Ielena, Ilona
sk: Alena, Helena, Jela, Jelena, Jelka, Lenka