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Jelena is a Slavic given name.

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Jelena is a Slavic given name.

The name is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helena, and it signifies the word ‘Greek’ (Ελληνικά) meaning bright, light. Helena comes from Helios meaning shining and sunlight. Diminutives of the name include Jelica, Jelka, Jele, Jela, Lena, Lenochka, Jeca, and Lenka.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jelena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.