Elna
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning noble; a form of Eleanor.
Elna by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Elna. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 173 babies in 1917, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Eleanor
Like Elna, each of these traces back to Eleanor: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Eleanorshining light5,519 in the US (2017)
- Ellieshining light; short for Eleanor5,000 in the US (2017)
- Elleshe; a form of Eleanor or Ellen828 in the US (2017)
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elinorbright light; a form of Eleanor27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellybright one; a form of Eleanor144 in the US (2017)
- Nellybright light; diminutive of Eleanor121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eleanorebright light; a form of Eleanor99 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elna. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ellaall, completely; fairy maiden8,020 in the US (2017)
- Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)
- Elsanoble; form of Elisabeth424 in the US (2017)
- Eliamy god is Yahweh; a form of Elijah255 in the US (2017)
- Elinabright shining light; form of Helen69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elanaoak tree; variant of Ilana127 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Elna, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Elna
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