Entry № 2836 · Greek origin

Elaina Elaina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Bright, shining light"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern

A name that means "bright, shining light".

Elaina is a variant spelling of Elena, meaning bright and shining, or fair.

Bright, shining light — a much-loved spelling.

The name in its native script.

Elaina
Transliteration
Elaina
Pronunciation
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Root
Grammatical form

Where Elaina stands.

Elaina 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.

Elainas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Elaina.

The number behind Elaina.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Elaina reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.