Elaina

Elaina is an English given name that functions as a variant spelling of Elena or Elaine, both of which ultimately derive from the ancient Greek Helene, thought to mean torch or bright, shining one, though some scholars connect it to the Greek word for Greece itself. The name gained widespread familiarity in the medieval period through the figure of Helen of Troy in classical legend and through Saint Helen, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Elaina, Elena, Elaine, Eleanor, and Helen all belong to the same extended family of cognate forms spread across European languages.