Meaning of the nameEleni

Eleni is a female name that matches the modern Greek form of Helena (Ελένη); the meaning of Helena is uncertain.

Meaning

The meaning of Eleni is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 9,480
Rank in Brazil: #1,790
Median age: 54 years
2010 Census: 11,064; people

Eleni in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Eleni, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (2,957 people).

9,354 women 126 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Eleni is most common

States with the highest share of people named Eleni in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.009%
Paraná 0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.007%
Goiás 0.007%
São Paulo 0.006%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,818	0.006%
Bahia	1,251	0.009%
Minas Gerais	920	0.005%
Paraná	760	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	703	0.007%
Goiás	456	0.007%
Rio de Janeiro	455	0.003%
Santa Catarina	311	0.004%
Ceará	247	0.003%
Pará	192	0.002%
Pernambuco	191	0.002%
Espírito Santo	134	0.004%
Mato Grosso	125	0.003%
Distrito Federal	115	0.004%
Piauí	112	0.003%
Maranhão	97	0.001%
Rondônia	88	0.006%
Alagoas	82	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	73	0.003%
Tocantins	71	0.005%
Rio Grande do Norte	64	0.002%
Amazonas	62	0.002%
Sergipe	60	0.003%
Paraíba	42	0.001%
Acre	19	0.002%
Amapá	18	0.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Eleni

Behind the Name lists Eleni as the modern Greek form of Helen, and Wiktionary gives it as a transliteration of the Greek Ελένη, a parallel form of Helen, Helena and Elena. According to Behind the Name, Helen probably comes from a Greek word for 'torch', or perhaps is connected to σελήνη (selēnē), 'moon', so the meaning of the root is uncertain. It is a name of women born mostly between the 1950s and 1970s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,480 people named Eleni, with a median age of 54. The spelling Heleni adds the H that appears in Helena.

Spelling without H, the most common in the group, identical to the transliterated Greek form.

Other spellings of Eleni

Spelling	People (2022)
Eleni	9,480
Heleni	1,527

Sources

Wiktionary: Eleni · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Eleni · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Helen · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Eleni

What does the name Eleni mean?

The meaning of Eleni is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Eleni in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,480 people with the first name Eleni, which ranks it number 1,790 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Eleni a boy's or a girl's name?

Eleni is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 9,354 women and 126 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Eleni?

Eleni is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Eleni most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.009% of the state's population is named Eleni (1,251 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Eleni?

Heleni. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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