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Alena

Female#1038 most common in Croatia227 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Light, torch
Origin:
Greek

About the name Alena

Slavic form of Helena, from Greek 'helene' (torch, light).

Popularity with newborns

Alena has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

227 people in Croatia are called Alena, according to the 2021 census. That is #1038 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Alena is recorded in 8 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Brodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaPrimorsko-goranskaSplitsko-dalmatinskaZadarska

Characteristics

SlavicRare

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.