Jelen Family History
Jelen Name Meaning
Slovenian and Czech; Polish (Jeleń); Slovak (Jeleň): nickname from Slovenian and Czech jelen Polish jeleń Slovak jeleň ‘(deer) stag’. Compare Deer Jellen and Yellen . Jewish (from Poland; Jeleń): from the same Polish word as 1 above used as a calque of the Yiddish personal name Hirsh (see Hirsch ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022