Is 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?Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
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Is Lenja a Russian nickname for Elena, Helena?  ·  Perrine  ·  1/11/2023, 12:40 PM
Re: Is Lenja a Russian nickname for Elena, Helena?  ·  SugarPlumFairy  ·  1/14/2023, 8:43 AM
Re: Is Lenja a Russian nickname for Elena, Helena?  ·  Perrine  ·  1/17/2023, 7:36 PM
Re: Is Lenja a Russian nickname for Elena, Helena?  ·  Mary R.  ·  1/12/2023, 7:12 AM
Re: Is Lenja a Russian nickname for Elena, Helena?  ·  Perrine  ·  1/17/2023, 7:35 PM
Re: Is Lenja a Russian nickname for Elena, Helena?  ·  elbowin  ·  1/12/2023, 2:27 AM
Re: Is Lenja a Russian nickname for Elena, Helena?  ·  Perrine  ·  1/17/2023, 7:35 PM
Re: Is Lenja a Russian nickname for Elena, Helena?  ·  Dorchadas  ·  1/11/2023, 7:22 PM
Perrine, I forgot to mention... (m)  ·  Dorchadas  ·  1/12/2023, 2:54 PM
Re: Perrine, I forgot to mention... (m)  ·  Perrine  ·  1/17/2023, 7:34 PM