Elona

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Элона in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and 5 more and Елона 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●

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◐

Elona is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name15K records spelled Elona9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Germany, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written E'Lona, Élona

• French given name13K records spelled Elona4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, Belgium, United States

  Also written Élona, Elônà

• Spanish given name4.6K records spelled Elona6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Philippines, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Elone, Eloné, Élona

• Indonesian given name444 records spelled Elona3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Italy

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Élona

40 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●

Elona is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Prénom récent sans étymologie certaine; probablement composé d’Ilona et d’Enora.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• The emery one, the most.

  as a name·The African book of names

• In Latvian, apdzīvota vieta Lielbritānijā, Skotijā, pie Pīterhedas - Aberdīnas ceļa

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

• 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) — 97 years between 1913–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Elona Bajorinienėb. 1959LTLithuanian art historian
• Elona Lubytėb. 1964LTLithuanian author, art historian, art critic and curator
• Elona Bojaxhib. 1985ALactor
• Elona GjebreaALAlbanian politician
• Elona CamaITresearcher

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 · 307 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Elona?

We estimate roughly 8.2 thousand people bear Elona (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Elona have the most bearers?

Elona is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled элона.

Where is Elona most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Elona is densest in Albania — about 1 in 889 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Elona compared with other names?

In Albania, Elona is the 63rd most common given name of 12,508 given names recorded there.

Is Elona a male or female name?

Elona 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 Elona mean?

Recorded meaning: Modern form, often seen as a variant of Hélène/Helena or Ilona; Greek 'bright' or Hungarian form thereof.