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[Facts] Origin of Elna?
If anyone has any info. on the name Elna, please say so. I think it might be Basque.
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Afrikaans-speaking South Africans have a long tradition of using family names; since this can lead to several cousins identically named, they've developed some quite creative merger names. Elna can be one, from the popular combination of El-izabeth and Hele-na.The meaning, other than: "Not identical with her cousins but still remembering Granny", would be Elizabeth + Helena.It's also a brand of sewing machine.
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In Sweden, Elna is an old nickname for Helena.
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Oxygen.com's Babynamer says Elna is an alternate form of Eleanor:
http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/TypeASearch.cfm?Gender=G&Unique=1&TellMeAbout=ElnaI also speculate that perhaps Elna could be an alternate form of Elma. But that's just my own speculation.Miranda
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