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語源

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Elena, cognate to English Helen.

発音

固有名詞

Elena (plural Elenas)

1. A female given name from Italian, Spanish, or Ancient Greek.
   • 2024 July 25, Devan Cole, “Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.”, in CNN‎:

     Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.

2. A surname originating as a matronymic.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Elena is the 39717 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 553 individuals. Elena is most common among Hispanic/Latino (82.64%) and White (15.01%) individuals.

参考

• Santa Elena

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Elena”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 520.

アナグラム

• Elean, Neale, anele, leane