Jelka
Female#313 most common in Croatia2,448 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Light, torch
- Origin:
- Greek
About the name Jelka
Croatian short form of Jelena (Helen); also associated with 'jelka' (fir tree).
Popularity with newborns
Jelka 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
2,448 people in Croatia are called Jelka, according to the 2021 census. That is #313 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Jelka is recorded in 20 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaLičko-senjskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska
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.