Elenna
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 28 babies a year in the US.
Elenna by the numbers
Elenna was given to 28 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Elenna
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elenna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)
- Eleanabright, shining light; a form of Helen8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eleynabright light; a modern respelling of Helen4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elannaoak tree; a form of Elah17 in the US (2017)
- Eleenabright, shining; a form of Helen7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eleannabright light; blend of Eleanor and Anna12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Elenna
Names that are said the same way as Elenna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Elainabright light; a form of Helen1,137 in the US (2017)
- Elinabright shining light; form of Helen69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elaynabright light; a form of Helen185 in the US (2017)
- Elanaoak tree; variant of Ilana127 in the US (2017)
- Ellenabright light; a form of Helen65 in the US (2017)
- Elleanabright light; form of Eleanor or Helen22 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Elenna
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