Jelena

Jelena (Cyrillic, Serbian: Јелена, Russian Елена ) is a Slavic female first name. In Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia - Herzegovina and Russia, one hears it often.

Origin, Meaning and occurrences in the past

The name " Jelena " comes from the Greek: Helen of " hele " = bright, shiny or " helios" = sun. The origin after the name therefore means female beings, shining with beauty or which are even the personification of feminine beauty. From the most ancient written sources until today the name "Helena" at the Christian nations is very common. He is known mainly because of Homer's Iliad Sage, in a Helena, wife of the Spartan king Menelaus and reputed to be the most beautiful woman in the world, is abducted by the Trojan prince Paris. Your abduction triggers the long and bloody Trojan War. (see Helena ( mythology) )

In the calendar to another Helena is received: the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, who had incidentally proclaimed religious tolerance with the Edict of Milan in 313, and thus set the first persecution of Christians.

In the Serbo-Croatian language, the name begins always with the letter " j", while all other European languages ​​set to the beginning of an "h" or "e" (the Russian " e" but as is " ever " pronounced). Incidentally, the Slavic word meaning " jelen " deer.

The earliest mention of the name " Jelena " in the historical sources of Balkan Slavs is the daughter of the Hungarian king, Béla I., Yelena the Beautiful ( kroat.: Jelena Lijepa ). She was married to from 1063 Svinimir called Dmitar, the Ban of Slavonia and later King of the Croatian Slavs.

Also in the Serbian nobility, the name is very common. For example, was a Jelena (Helena) of Serbia, the daughter of the great Gespanen Uros II, the Hungarian king Béla II woman was 1130.

In addition, the wife of King Uros I. Jelena was ( -1314? ); she was of French descent, mother of kings Dragutin and Milutin of Serbia.

The sister and wife of Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan also bore this name.

In the history of Jelena, the Bosnian King Stjepan Dabiša the wife has also left its mark, as they briefly to getting ripped (1395-1398), which earned her after his death, the power of the name of the Jelena Unplaned ( Serbian: Jelena Gruba ).

Jelena was also daughter of the ruler Đorđe those who had the Sultan Mehmed II (1451-1481), son of Murat II married, as well as the daughter of the ruler Lazar Brankovic and wife of Stjepan, the king's son Tomas ( Kotromanić ).

Name-day

August 18

Variants

Variants loud Ela, Ena, Helena, Helena, Jeca, Jelica, Jelinka, Jelka Jelenica, Jelenka, Jelence, Lela, Lena, Lenka, Yelena.

Name winners

  • Jelena Viktorovna Bereschnaja ( born 1977 ), former Russian figure skater
  • Jelena Georgievna Bonn (1923-2011), Soviet dissident and human rights activist
  • Jelena Čanković (* 1995), Serbian football national team
  • Yelena Vladimirovna Chrustaljowa ( born 1980 ), former Russian and Belarusian, Kazakh biathlete now
  • Yelena Dembo (* 1983), Russian chess player and trainer
  • Jelena Wjatscheslawowna Dementieva ( born 1981 ), former Russian tennis player
  • Jelena Dokić ( b. 1983 ), Australian tennis player
  • Jelena Dubok (born 1976 ), former Kazakh biathlete
  • Jelena Glebova (* 1989), Estonian figure skater
  • Jelena Hoffmann ( born 1947 ), German politician
  • Yelena Isinbayeva Gadschijewna (* 1982 ), Russian pole vaulter
  • Jelena Janković ( born 1985 ), Serbian tennis player
  • Jelena Karleuša (born 1978 ), Serbian pop singer
  • Jelena Sergejewna Katina ( born 1984 ), Russian singer
  • Yelena Alexandrovna Lichowzewa ( born 1975 ), former Russian tennis player
  • Jelena Leonidovna Nurgalijewa (* 1976), Russian marathon and ultramarathon runner
  • Yelena Ivanovna Perepelkina (* 1982 ), Russian wrestler
  • Yelena Nikolaevna Romanova (1963-2007), Russian long-distance runner
  • Yelena Vladimirovna Rybkina (born 1964 ), former Russian badminton player
  • Jelena Šantić (1944-2000), Serbian prima ballerina, peace activist
  • Jelena Stupljanin (born 1978 ), Serbian actress
  • Jelena Tomasevic (* 1983), Serbian singer
  • Jelena Kostanic Tosic ( born 1981 ), former Croatian tennis player
  • Yelena Alexandrovna Walowa ( born 1963 ), former Russian figure skater
  • Jelena Sergejewna Wesnina (* 1986), Russian tennis player
  • Jelena Germanowna Wodoresowa ( born 1963 ), former Russian figure skater
  • Jelena Zrinski (1643-1703), Croatian countess
  • Jelena Jovanova (* 1984), Macedonian actress
  • Jelena Rozga ( born 1977 ), Croatian singer

Source

Stevanovic, Petar: ". . Onomastikon Ime znati izabrati Tumacenje popularnih licnih Imena sa istorijskim osvrtom " ( ". Choose the name onomastics know Explanation popular first names in historical perspective. ") Orfelin Verlag, Belgrade, 2001

  • Female first name
  • Slavic personal name
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