Elna

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Елна in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and Элна in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Elna is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name21K records spelled Elna13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, Brazil, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Elne, Élne, Elná, Êlna, Elné

• Croatian given name106 records spelled Elna8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Croatia, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Елна

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Elna is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Elna är en dansk, norsk och svensk form av namn som → Elin, → Ellen, → Eleonora, → Helena. I den finlandssvenska almanackan 10 februari.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, weibl. Vom., dänische und schwedische

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Catalan, Elne (a town in Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In ang, genitive plural of ellen

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 105 years between 1883–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Elna Borchb. 1869DKDanish sculptor (1869-1950)
• Ella Billingb. 1869SEnot in their usual nameSwedish women's rights activist and suffragist
• Elna Montgomeryb. 1885SESwedish figure skater
• Elna Kiljanderb. 1889FIFinnish architect and interior designer (1889-1970)
• Elna Jørgen-Jensenb. 1890DKDanish actress (1890-1969)
• Elna Gistedtb. 1895SESwedish actress
• Gwili Andreb. 1908DKnot in their usual nameDanish model and actress (1908–1959)
• Camilla Odhnoffb. 1928SEnot in their usual nameSwedish botanist and social democratic politician (1928-2013)
• Elna Reinachb. 1968ZASouth African tennis player
• Elna Bakerb. 1982USwriter, comedian

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 399 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Elna?

We estimate roughly 11 thousand people bear Elna (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Elna have the most bearers?

We estimate about 5.2 thousand people bear Elna in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled elna.

Where is Elna most common?

Elna is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 2.0 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Elna compared with other names?

In Faroe Islands, Elna is the 428th most common given name of 1,073 given names recorded there.

Is Elna a male or female name?

Elna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Elna mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name derived from Elin, Helena