Elona
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Modern form, often seen as a variant of Hélène/Helena or Ilona; Greek 'bright' or Hungarian form thereof
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/əloʊnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Elona is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Albania than in any other country.
- ALAlbania1 in 889(measured from records)
- RURussia≈1 in 59Kas Элона
- XKKosovo≈1 in 18K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Elona itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Albania (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 124 (measured from records)
- 1 in 889 (inferred from the name graph)
3,457 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Albania
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Элона in RU Russia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Modern form, often seen as a variant of Hélène/Helena or Ilona; Greek 'bright' or Hungarian form thereof.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Elona counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL Albania | #125 | 3,457 | 1 in 889 | 3.5K | Elona | 61 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 59K | #1,070 | Элона | 124 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 60K | — | Elona | 7 |
| US United States | — | 1,274 | 1 in 261K | 1.3K | Elona | 42 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 51K | 2 | Elona | 9 |
| MK North Macedonia | — | 309as Елона | 1 in 6.9K | 309 | — | 2 |
| SE Sweden | — | 272 | 1 in 38K | 272 | Elona | 5 |
| XK Kosovo | — | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 18K | 2.6K | Elona | 3 |
3,457 people counted by INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; State Statistical Office — living population names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
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 nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
The emery one, the most.
as a nameThe African book of names
In Latvian, apdzīvota vieta Lielbritānijā, Skotijā, pie Pīterhedas - Aberdīnas ceļa
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Sievietes vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 57 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL Albania | INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts) | — | 3.5K | #76 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 2.6K | #268 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.3K | #10,455 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 272 | #4,187 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 180 | — |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2007 | 158 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 17 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7 | #10,455 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | 2025 | 5 | — |
| IT Italy | ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend) | 2024 | 2 | #3,527 |
| XK Kosovo | ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) | — | 1 | #268 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Elona mean, and where does it come from?
- Modern form, often seen as a variant of Hélène/Helena or Ilona; Greek 'bright' or Hungarian form thereof. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- In which country does Elona have the most bearers?
- In Albania, the national register counted about 3.5 thousand people named Elona, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elona.
- Where is Elona most common?
- Elona is densest in Albania, where the national register counts about 1 in 889 people carrying it.
- How do you pronounce Elona?
- A machine transcription gives /əloʊnə/ (IPA) for English.
- 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.
- How common is the name Elona?
- In Albania, the national register counted 3,457 people named Elona, about 1 in 889 residents.
- How common is Elona compared with other names?
- In Albania, Elona is the 125th most common given name of 11,910 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Elona?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elonaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Elona” — the 125th most common given name in Albania. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.