Olena

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Оле́на (Oléna).

Proper noun

Olena (plural Olenas)

1. A female given name from Ukrainian, equivalent to English Helen.

Translations

female given name

• Belarusian: Але́на f (Aljéna)
• Ingrian: Olena
• Russian: Еле́на (ru) f (Jeléna)
• Ukrainian: Оле́на f (Oléna)

Anagrams

• Enola, alone, Leona, NOAEL, Leano, anole

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Алёна (Aljóna).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈolenɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫe̞ˑn]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈoleːnɑ/, [ˈo̞ɫˑe̝ːnɑ]
• Rhymes: -olen, -oleːnɑ
• Hyphenation: O‧le‧na

Proper noun

Olena

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

Declension

Declension of Olena (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Olena	Olenat
genitive	Olenan	Olenoin
partitive	Olenaa	Olenoja
illative	Olenaa	Olenoihe
inessive	Olenaas	Olenois
elative	Olenast	Olenoist
allative	Olenalle	Olenoille
adessive	Olenaal	Olenoil
ablative	Olenalt	Olenoilt
translative	Olenaks	Olenoiks
essive	Olenanna, Olenaan	Olenoinna, Olenoin
exessive1)	Olenant	Olenoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• Olo

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 362