Jelen

See also: jelen, jeleń, Jeleń, jeléń, and jeleň

English

Etymology

From a Slavic word meaning deer, like Czech jelen, Slovene jelen, Serbo-Croatian jelen, Polish jeleń or Slovak jeleň.

Proper noun

Jelen (plural Jelens)

A surname from the Slavic languages.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Jelen is the 37341^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Jelen is most common among White (96.31%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jelen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 247.

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