Alena

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

• 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

• 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

• Aleena (disambiguation)
• Alina (disambiguation)
• Alyona
• Elena (given name)

References

1. ^ "Původ jména Alena" (in Czech). www.ptejteseknihovny.cz. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
2. ^ "Name Alena". Acta Croatica. Retrieved 2025-07-23.