Entry № 2855 · Greek origin

Eleni Eleni — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ eh-LEH-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Bright / shining torch (Saint Helena mother of Constantine)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "bright / shining torch (saint helena mother of constantine)".

Eleni is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek Orthodox heritage.

Bright / shining torch (Greek).

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Ελένη

Transliteration: Eléni
Pronunciation: / ɛˈlɛ.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Eleni stands.

Eleni does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Elenis before her.

Real people

Saint Helena of Constantinople

Mother of Constantine the Great + discovered True Cross + founded Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

c. 246 – 330 CE

In fiction

Helen of Troy

Most beautiful woman in the world + launched Trojan War + Homer's Iliad.

Iliad

Names connected to Eleni.

Numerology

The number behind Eleni.

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Eleni reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.