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Elena

American  
[el-uh-nuh, uh-ley-nuh, e-le-nah] / ˈɛl ə nə, əˈleɪ nə, ɛˈlɛ nɑ /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Helen.


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"I'm super happy. Elena is one of the top players, she's had an incredible year and I'm super proud of myself that I was able to do this today," Starodubtseva said.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Justice Elena Kagan made the same argument in dissent.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

When asked what she felt on Victory Day, which marks the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, 36-year-old economist Elena replied: "Nothing."

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

Biology Ph.D. student Tim Curtis Jr. participated in the work in Currie's lab, along with undergraduate Elena Singer-Freeman, a Goldwater Scholar and 2025 Wake Forest graduate in biochemistry and molecular biology.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Elena Richardson had always been like this, she thought, charming and generous and always saying kind things, and then when she wanted something she was sure you couldn’t say no.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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