Jelena
Jelena or Yelena ( Cyrillic , Russian Елена , Serbian : Јелена ) is a Russian female given name. It is heard a lot in Belarus , Serbia , Latvia , and especially in Russia .
Origin, meaning and occurrence in the past
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The name Jelena is the Russian form of the ancient Greek name Helena , which is derived from ήλιος ( helios , "sun"). According to the origin, the name means female beings who shine with beauty or who are even the embodiment of feminine beauty. From the oldest written sources until today, the name Helena is very common among the Christian peoples. He is best known for Homer's saga Iliad , in which Helena , wife of the Spartan King Menelaus and supposedly the most beautiful woman in the world, is kidnapped by the Trojan prince Paris . Your kidnapping triggers the long and bloody Trojan War .
Another Helena has entered the calendar: the mother of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great , who with the Edict of Milan in 313 proclaimed religious tolerance and was the first to stop the persecution of Christians .
In the Serbo-Croatian language , the name always starts with the letter J, while all other European languages start with an H or E (although the Russian Е is pronounced as Je ). Incidentally, the Slavic word jelen means deer .
The earliest mention of the name Jelena in the historical sources of Balkan Slavs is that of the daughter of the Hungarian king, Béla I , Jelena the Beautiful ( Croatian Jelena Lijepa ). From 1063 she was married to Svinimir, called Dmitar , the Ban of Slavonia and later King of the Croatian Slavs. The name is also very common among the Serbian nobility. For example, a Jelena of Serbia was the daughter of the great chaplain Uros II, who in 1130 became the wife of the Hungarian King Béla II .
name day
18th of August
variants
Minor forms and variants of Jelena include Alena , Alenka , Alina , Aljona , Ela, Elena, Ena, Jela, Jele, Jeca, Jelica, Jelinka, Jelka, Jelenica, Jelenka, Jelence, Lela, Lena , Lenka , Lenotshka, Olena, Yelena
Name bearers
- Jelena Alexejewna Batalowa (* 1964), former Russian freestyle skier
- Jelena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (* 1977), former Russian figure skater
- Jelena Georgijewna Bonner (1923–2011), Soviet dissident and human rights activist
- Jelena Čanković (* 1995), Serbian national football player
- Jelena Wladimirowna Khrustaljowa (* 1980), former Russian and Belarusian, now Kazakh biathlete
- Jelena Dembo (* 1983), Russian chess player and trainer
- Jelena Vyacheslavovna Dementjewa (* 1981), former Russian tennis player
- Jelena Dokić (* 1983), Australian tennis player
- Jelena Dubok (* 1976), former Kazakh biathlete
- Jelena Glebova (* 1989), Estonian figure skater
- Jelena Michailowna Godina (* 1977), Russian volleyball player
- Jelena Hoffmann (* 1947), German politician
- Jelena Gadschijewna Issinbajewa (* 1982), Russian pole vaulter
- Jelena Dmitrijewna Jakowischina (* 1992), Russian ski racer
- Jelena Janković (* 1985), Serbian tennis player
- Jelena Jovanova (* 1984), Macedonian actress
- Jelena Karleuša (* 1978), Serbian pop singer
- Jelena Viktorovna Karpova (* 1980), Russian basketball player
- Jelena Sergejewna Katina (* 1984), Russian singer
- Jelena Dmitrijewna Kwitnizkaja , née Jelena Dmitrijewna Sucharewa (1919–1981), Soviet architect, art historian and university professor
- Jelena Kuljić (* 1976), Serbian singer
- Yelena Lanskaya (* 1968), American director, film editor and producer
- Jelena Alexandrovna Lichowzewa (* 1975), former Russian tennis player
- Jelena Leonidowna Nurgalijewa (* 1976), Russian marathon and ultramarathon runner
- Jelena Alexandrovna Opolownikowa (1943–2011), Soviet-Russian architect, monument conservationist and university professor
- Jelena Ivanovna Perepelkina (* 1982), Russian wrestler
- Jelena Nikolajewna Romanowa (1963-2007), Russian long-distance runner
- Jelena Rozga (* 1977), Croatian singer
- Jelena Moissejewna Rschewskaja (pseudonym), née Jelena Moissejewna Kagan (1919–2017), Soviet-Russian writer
- Jelena Vladimirovna Rybkina (* 1964), former Russian badminton player
- Jelena Šantić (1944–2000), Serbian prima ballerina, peace activist
- Jelena Sintschukowa (* 1961), former Russian long and triple jumper
- Jelena Stupljanin (* 1978), Serbian actress
- Jelena Tomašević (* 1983), Serbian singer
- Jelena Kostanić Tošić (* 1981), former Croatian tennis player
- Jelena Valerjewna Chalova (* 1987), former Russian tennis player
- Jelena Vujičić (* 2001), Montenegrin ski racer
- Jelena Alexandrovna Walowa (* 1963), former Russian figure skater
- Jelena Sergejewna Wesnina (* 1986), Russian tennis player
- Jelena Germanowna Wodoresowa (* 1963), former Russian figure skater
- Jelena Zrinski (1643–1703), Croatian countess
Others
- Jelena (film) , Russian drama directed by Andrei Svyagintsev from 2011
source
Stevanovic, Petar: Onomastikon. Ime znati izabrati. Tumacenje popularnih licnih imena sa istorijskim osvrtom ( Name research. Finding a name to know. Explanation of popular first names in historical retrospect ), Orfelin Verlag, Belgrade, 2001