Elaina

Elaina is Helen with the light turned up. A variant spelling of Elena or Elaine, ultimately tracing to the Greek Helene — often linked to words for torch, bright light, or the shining sun — the name carries its lineage back through Arthurian romance, where Elaine was the lily maid of Astolat, and forward into Spanish-speaking families who favor its graceful three-beat cadence. In the United States it surfaced in the early 2000s and has climbed quietly into the mid-200s, a softer sister to the chart-dominant Elena. The three measured syllables feel sung rather than spoken. Feminine without fuss, old-world without dust.