Alena
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Other names | |
| Related names | Alyona, Alenka, Lena, Lenka |
Alena is a feminine given name. It may be either derived from the name Helene or as a diminutive form of Magdalena.[1]
In the Balkans, this spelling of the name is predominantly found among the peoples of the former Yugoslav nations, specifically among the Bosniaks and Croats.[2] This region also has a male equivalent: Alen.
The name is also found in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, also with the spelling Alyona.
Given name
[edit]- Saint Alena (died 640), Christian saint
- Alena Abramchuk (born 1988), Belarusian track and field athlete
- Alena Adanichkina (born 1992), Russian triathlete
- Alena Aladava (1907–1986), Belarusian art historian and curator
- Alena Alekseeva (born 1989), Russian swimmer
- Alena Amialiusik (born 1989), Belarusian cyclist
- Alena Andreeva (born 1997), Russian footballer
- Alena Anisim (born 1962), Belarusian politician and linguist
- Alena Antalová (born 1972), Slovak actress
- Alena Arshinova (born 1985), Russian politician, model and sociologist
- Alena Arzamasskaia (died 1670), Russian military rebel
- Alena Aurum (born 2009), Russian video blogger
- Alena Baeva (born 1985), Luxembourgish violinist
- Alena Bartošová (born 1944), Czech cross-country skier
- Alena Belyaeva (born 1992), Russian footballer
- Alena Benešová (born 1998), Czech swimmer
- Alena Bienz (born 2003), Swiss association football player
- Alena Bílková (born 1946), Czech printmaker and glass artist
- Alena Brooks (born 1991), Trinidad and Tobago middle-distance runner
- Alena Buyx (born 1977), German medicine ethicist and university teacher
- Alena Černáková (born 1961), Czech gymnast
- Alena Chadimová (born 1931), Czech gymnast
- Alena Damitšová (born 1962), Slovak handball player
- Alena Douhan, Belarusian diplomat
- Alena Dřevjaná (born 1969), Czech artistic gymnast
- Alena Dylko (born 1988), Belarusian cyclist
- Alena Evdokimova, Russian wheelchair fencer
- Alena Fedarynchyk (born 1993), Belarusian volleyball player
- Alena Filipava (born 1987), Belarusian wrestler
- Alena Fink-Trauschel (born 1999), German politician
- Alena Fomina-Klotz (born 1989), Russian tennis player
- Alena Furman (born 1991), Belarusian rower
- Alena Gerber (born 1989), German model, actress and television host
- Alena Hájková (1924–2012), Czech activist and historian
- Alena Hanáková (born 1958), Czech politician and culture minister
- Alena Hanušová (born 1991), Czech basketball player
- Alena Hatvani (died 2021), Czech female bodybuilder
- Alena Havrlíková (born 1977), Czech tennis player
- Alena Holubeva (born 1994), Belarusian basketball player
- Alena Horalová (born 1952), Czech handball player
- Alena Hromádková (1943–2024), Czech economist, politician and academic
- Alena Ivanchenko (born 2003), Uzbekistani cyclist
- Alena Ivanova (born 1989), Kazakhstani volleyball player
- Alena Kánová (born 1980), Slovak para table tennis player and wheelchair curler
- Alena Kanysheva (born 2005), Russian ice dancer
- Alena Kartashova (born 1982), Russian wrestler
- Alena Kašová (born 1960), Slovak basketball player
- Alena Kaufman (born 1987), Russian paralympic biathlete and skier
- Alena Khamulkina (born 1997), Belarusian diver
- Alena Kholod (born 1995), Russian acrobatic gymnast
- Alena Kish (1889–1949), Belarusian primitivist painter
- Alena Kiyevich (born 1987), Belarusian sprinter
- Alena Konečná (born 1984), Czech cyclist
- Alena Kostornaia (born 2003), Russian figure skater
- Alena Kovačková (born 2008), Czech tennis player
- Alena Kováčová (born 1978), Slovak basketball player
- Alena Krechyk (born 1987), Belarusian hammer thrower
- Alena Kucera, Swiss slalom canoeist
- Alena Kučerová (1935–2026), Czech printmaker
- Alena Kupchyna (born 1965), Belarusian diplomat
- Alena Kupčíková (born 1976), Czech artist
- Alena Kyselicová (born 1957), Slovak field hockey player
- Alena V. Ledeneva (born 1964), British sociologist
- Alena Leonova (born 1990), Russian figure skater
- Alena Marx (born 2000), Swiss slalom canoeist
- Alena Matejka (Alena Matějková, born 1966), Czech sculptor and glass designer
- Alena Matoshka (born 1982), Belarusian hammer thrower
- Alena Mazouka (born 1967), Belarusian long-distance runner
- Alena Mihulová (born 1965), Czech actress
- Alena Mornštajnová (born 1963), Czech writer and translator
- Alena Mrvová (born 1978), Slovak chess player
- Alena Murang, Malaysian singer-songwriter, sape player, visual artist and educator
- Alena Nazdrova (born 1998), Belarusian canoeist
- Alena Newmyarzhytskaya (born 1980), Belarusian sprinter
- Alena Olsen (born 1995), American rugby player
- Alena Özel (born 1984), Belarusian volleyball player
- Alena Palečková (born 1947), Czech politician and zoologist
- Alena Palmeová-West (born 1945), Czech professional tennis player
- Alena Pasechnik (born 1995), Belarusian shot putter
- Alena Paulenková (born 1979), Slovak tennis player
- Alena Peterková (born 1960), Czech runner
- Alena Poláčková (born 1964), Slovak judge
- Alena Polenská (born 1990), Czech ice hockey player
- Alena Polozkova (born 1979), Belarusian gymnast
- Alena Popchanka (born 1979), Belarusian swimmer
- Alena Popova (born 1997), Kazakhstani volleyball player
- Alena Postlová (1939–2005), Czechoslovak rower
- Alena Potůčková (1953–2018), Czech art historian
- Alena Procházková (born 1984), Slovak cross-country skier
- Alena Prokopenko (born 1992), Russian judoka
- Alena Prosková (born 1948), Czech athlete
- Alena Prouzová, Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
- Alena Reichová (1933–2011), Czech gymnast
- Alena Reji (born 1999), Indian cyclist
- Alena Rojas (born 1992), Cuban volleyball player
- Alena Šafářová (born 1968), Czech table tennis player
- Alena Saili (born 1998), New Zealand rugby union player
- Alena Sannikova (born 1980), Belarusian cross-country skier
- Alena Schillerová (born 1964), Czech politician and lawyer
- Alena Šeredová (born 1978), Czech model
- Alena Serzhantova (born 1998), Russian water polo player
- Alena Sharp (born 1981), Canadian professional golfer
- Alena Shirmanova (born 1999), Czech singer known as Aiko
- Alena Shishkova (born 1992), Russian model
- Alena Smith, American screenwriter
- Alena Sobaleva (born 1993), Belarusian hammer thrower
- Alena Šolcová (born 1950), Czech mathematician and science historian
- Alena Stellnerová (born 1989), Czech handball player
- Alena Stolzová (born 1937), Czech sprinter
- Alena Svobodová (born 1957), Czech rower
- Alena Tiron (born 1993), Russian rugby union player
- Alena Trapeznikova (born 1987), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
- Alena Tseliapushkina (born 1969), Belarusian equestrian
- Alena Vachovcová (born 1974), Czech table tennis player
- Alena Varmužová (1939–1997), Czech mathematician
- Alena Vašková (born 1975), Czech tennis player
- Alena Veselá (1923–2025), Czech organist and music teacher
- Alena Vinnitskaya (athlete) (born 1973), Belarusian marathon runner
- Alena Vinnitskaya (born 1974), Ukrainian singer, songwriter and TV presenter
- Alena Vránová (born 1932), Czech actress
- Alena Vrzáňová (1931–2015), Czech athlete, figure skater
- Alena Vylegzhanina (born 1987), Russian water polo player
- Alena Wagnerová (born 1936), Czech author and journalist
- Alena Analeigh Wicker (born 2008), American, youngest Black person to be accepted into medical school in the United States
- Alena Zavarzina (born 1989), Russian snowboarder
Fictional characters
[edit]- Alena (Encantadia), a fictional character who possesses the Gem of Water on several Filipino telefantasyas
- Alena Vorshevsky, a fictional character from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Alena, a fictional chracter from Dragon Quest IV
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Původ jména Alena". www.ptejteseknihovny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "Name Alena". Acta Croatica. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
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