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ArchivesIs Lenja a Russian nickname for Elena, Helena?
I've got another one: Lenja (also spelled Lenia, Lenya/ pronounced either lehn-ya (long eh sound) or more commonly lenn-ya). It was popular in Germany for a while making the top 100. Especially around 2010.
Now lots of German sites claim that this is a Russian nickname for Helena or Elena (it's usually Helena).
As far as I know Helena isn't even commonly used in Russia? And Elena was super common but all the Russian Elenas I know are ALWAYS Elena, never Lenja.
I'm starting to think that this was made up in Germany (sort of like Svenja was) by combining the very popular Lena with -ja names such as Maja, Ronja, Anja (which are also popular in Germany).
Any ideas?
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Now lots of German sites claim that this is a Russian nickname for Helena or Elena (it's usually Helena).
As far as I know Helena isn't even commonly used in Russia? And Elena was super common but all the Russian Elenas I know are ALWAYS Elena, never Lenja.
I'm starting to think that this was made up in Germany (sort of like Svenja was) by combining the very popular Lena with -ja names such as Maja, Ronja, Anja (which are also popular in Germany).
Any ideas?
Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
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