Name
Until 1955, the village was called ''Puterhof''. The origin of the name ''Puterhof'' (also attested as ''Putterhof'' and ''Putrhof'') is unknown, but a folk story derives it from German ''Butterhof'' (i.e., 'butter farm'), relating that so much butter was produced there that a fire at the farm caused the butter to melt and run down the hill toward the mill on the creek. In the early 1950s, editorials were published stating that it was necessary to change the name of the village because of its presumed German origin. Suggestions for a new name included ''Košutnik'', ''Podkošutnik'', ''Žagarji'', ''Jelengaj'', and ''Jelendol''. The name of the settlement was changed to ''Jelendol'' in 1955 on the basis of the 1948 ''Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings'' as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove German elements from toponyms. However, the name ''Puterhof'' remained in popular use, and it was still condemned decades later as an "ugly Germanism" (). The name ''Jelendol'' is a compound derived from ''jelen'' 'deer' and ''dol'' 'valley', thus 'deer valley'. Compare '' Landol'' for a name with the same semantic motivation.References
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