# Alena

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For other uses, see [Alena (disambiguation)](/source/Alena_(disambiguation)).

**Alena** is a [feminine](/source/Female) [given name](/source/Given_name). It may be either derived from the name [Helene](/source/Helene_(name)) or as a diminutive form of [Magdalena](/source/Magdalena_(given_name)).[1]

In the [Balkans](/source/Balkans), this spelling of the name is predominantly found among the peoples of the former [Yugoslav](/source/Yugoslavia) nations, specifically among the [Bosniaks](/source/Bosniaks) and [Croats](/source/Croats).[2] This region also has a male equivalent: [Alen](/source/Alen_(given_name)).

The name is also found in the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic), [Slovak Republic](/source/Slovak_Republic), [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine), [Belarus](/source/Belarus) and [Russia](/source/Russia), also with the spelling [Alyona](/source/Alyona).

## Given name

- [Saint Alena](/source/Saint_Alena) (died 640), Christian saint
- [Alena Abramchuk](/source/Alena_Abramchuk) (born 1988), Belarusian track and field athlete
- [Alena Adanichkina](/source/Alena_Adanichkina) (born 1992), Russian triathlete
- [Alena Aladava](/source/Alena_Aladava) (1907–1986), Belarusian art historian and curator
- [Alena Alekseeva](/source/Alena_Alekseeva) (born 1989), Russian swimmer
- [Alena Amialiusik](/source/Alena_Amialiusik) (born 1989), Belarusian cyclist
- [Alena Andreeva](/source/Alena_Andreeva) (born 1997), Russian footballer
- [Alena Anisim](/source/Alena_Anisim) (born 1962), Belarusian politician and linguist
- [Alena Antalová](/source/Alena_Antalov%C3%A1) (born 1972), Slovak actress
- [Alena Arshinova](/source/Alena_Arshinova) (born 1985), Russian politician, model and sociologist
- [Alena Arzamasskaia](/source/Alena_Arzamasskaia) (died 1670), Russian military rebel
- [Alena Aurum](/source/Alena_Aurum) (born 2009), Russian video blogger
- [Alena Baeva](/source/Alena_Baeva) (born 1985), Luxembourgish violinist
- [Alena Bartošová](/source/Alena_Barto%C5%A1ov%C3%A1) (born 1944), Czech cross-country skier
- [Alena Belyaeva](/source/Alena_Belyaeva) (born 1992), Russian footballer
- [Alena Benešová](/source/Alena_Bene%C5%A1ov%C3%A1) (born 1998), Czech swimmer
- [Alena Bienz](/source/Alena_Bienz) (born 2003), Swiss association football player
- [Alena Bílková](/source/Alena_B%C3%ADlkov%C3%A1) (born 1946), Czech printmaker and glass artist
- [Alena Brooks](/source/Alena_Brooks) (born 1991), Trinidad and Tobago middle-distance runner
- [Alena Buyx](/source/Alena_Buyx) (born 1977), German medicine ethicist and university teacher
- [Alena Černáková](/source/Alena_%C4%8Cern%C3%A1kov%C3%A1) (born 1961), Czech gymnast
- [Alena Chadimová](/source/Alena_Chadimov%C3%A1) (born 1931), Czech gymnast
- [Alena Damitšová](/source/Alena_Damit%C5%A1ov%C3%A1) (born 1962), Slovak handball player
- [Alena Douhan](/source/Alena_Douhan), Belarusian diplomat
- [Alena Dřevjaná](/source/Alena_D%C5%99evjan%C3%A1) (born 1969), Czech artistic gymnast
- [Alena Dylko](/source/Alena_Dylko) (born 1988), Belarusian cyclist
- [Alena Evdokimova](/source/Alena_Evdokimova), Russian wheelchair fencer
- [Alena Fedarynchyk](/source/Alena_Fedarynchyk) (born 1993), Belarusian volleyball player
- [Alena Filipava](/source/Alena_Filipava) (born 1987), Belarusian wrestler
- [Alena Fink-Trauschel](/source/Alena_Fink-Trauschel) (born 1999), German politician
- [Alena Fomina-Klotz](/source/Alena_Fomina-Klotz) (born 1989), Russian tennis player
- [Alena Furman](/source/Alena_Furman) (born 1991), Belarusian rower
- [Alena Gerber](/source/Alena_Gerber) (born 1989), German model, actress and television host
- [Alena Hájková](/source/Alena_H%C3%A1jkov%C3%A1) (1924–2012), Czech activist and historian
- [Alena Hanáková](/source/Alena_Han%C3%A1kov%C3%A1) (born 1958), Czech politician and culture minister
- [Alena Hanušová](/source/Alena_Hanu%C5%A1ov%C3%A1) (born 1991), Czech basketball player
- [Alena Hatvani](/source/Alena_Hatvani) (died 2021), Czech female bodybuilder
- [Alena Havrlíková](/source/Alena_Havrl%C3%ADkov%C3%A1) (born 1977), Czech tennis player
- [Alena Holubeva](/source/Alena_Holubeva) (born 1994), Belarusian basketball player
- [Alena Horalová](/source/Alena_Horalov%C3%A1) (born 1952), Czech handball player
- [Alena Hromádková](/source/Alena_Hrom%C3%A1dkov%C3%A1) (1943–2024), Czech economist, politician and academic
- [Alena Ivanchenko](/source/Alena_Ivanchenko) (born 2003), Uzbekistani cyclist
- [Alena Ivanova](/source/Alena_Ivanova) (born 1989), Kazakhstani volleyball player
- [Alena Kánová](/source/Alena_K%C3%A1nov%C3%A1) (born 1980), Slovak para table tennis player and wheelchair curler
- [Alena Kanysheva](/source/Alena_Kanysheva) (born 2005), Russian ice dancer
- [Alena Kartashova](/source/Alena_Kartashova) (born 1982), Russian wrestler
- [Alena Kašová](/source/Alena_Ka%C5%A1ov%C3%A1) (born 1960), Slovak basketball player
- [Alena Kaufman](/source/Alena_Kaufman) (born 1987), Russian paralympic biathlete and skier
- [Alena Khamulkina](/source/Alena_Khamulkina) (born 1997), Belarusian diver
- [Alena Kholod](/source/Alena_Kholod) (born 1995), Russian acrobatic gymnast
- [Alena Kish](/source/Alena_Kish) (1889–1949), Belarusian primitivist painter
- [Alena Kiyevich](/source/Alena_Kiyevich) (born 1987), Belarusian sprinter
- [Alena Konečná](/source/Alena_Kone%C4%8Dn%C3%A1) (born 1984), Czech cyclist
- [Alena Kostornaia](/source/Alena_Kostornaia) (born 2003), Russian figure skater
- [Alena Kovačková](/source/Alena_Kova%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1) (born 2008), Czech tennis player
- [Alena Kováčová](/source/Alena_Kov%C3%A1%C4%8Dov%C3%A1) (born 1978), Slovak basketball player
- [Alena Krechyk](/source/Alena_Krechyk) (born 1987), Belarusian hammer thrower
- [Alena Kucera](/source/Alena_Kucera), Swiss slalom canoeist
- [Alena Kučerová](/source/Alena_Ku%C4%8Derov%C3%A1) (1935–2026), Czech printmaker
- [Alena Kupchyna](/source/Alena_Kupchyna) (born 1965), Belarusian diplomat
- [Alena Kupčíková](/source/Alena_Kup%C4%8D%C3%ADkov%C3%A1) (born 1976), Czech artist
- [Alena Kyselicová](/source/Alena_Kyselicov%C3%A1) (born 1957), Slovak field hockey player
- [Alena V. Ledeneva](/source/Alena_V._Ledeneva) (born 1964), British sociologist
- [Alena Leonova](/source/Alena_Leonova) (born 1990), Russian figure skater
- [Alena Marx](/source/Alena_Marx) (born 2000), Swiss slalom canoeist
- [Alena Matejka](/source/Alena_Matejka) (Alena Matějková, born 1966), Czech sculptor and glass designer
- [Alena Matoshka](/source/Alena_Matoshka) (born 1982), Belarusian hammer thrower
- [Alena Mazouka](/source/Alena_Mazouka) (born 1967), Belarusian long-distance runner
- [Alena Mihulová](/source/Alena_Mihulov%C3%A1) (born 1965), Czech actress
- [Alena Mornštajnová](/source/Alena_Morn%C5%A1tajnov%C3%A1) (born 1963), Czech writer and translator
- [Alena Mrvová](/source/Alena_Mrvov%C3%A1) (born 1978), Slovak chess player
- [Alena Murang](/source/Alena_Murang), Malaysian singer-songwriter, sape player, visual artist and educator
- [Alena Nazdrova](/source/Alena_Nazdrova) (born 1998), Belarusian canoeist
- [Alena Newmyarzhytskaya](/source/Alena_Newmyarzhytskaya) (born 1980), Belarusian sprinter
- [Alena Olsen](/source/Alena_Olsen) (born 1995), American rugby player
- [Alena Özel](/source/Alena_%C3%96zel) (born 1984), Belarusian volleyball player
- [Alena Palečková](/source/Alena_Pale%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1) (born 1947), Czech politician and zoologist
- [Alena Palmeová-West](/source/Alena_Palmeov%C3%A1-West) (born 1945), Czech professional tennis player
- [Alena Pasechnik](/source/Alena_Pasechnik) (born 1995), Belarusian shot putter
- [Alena Paulenková](/source/Alena_Paulenkov%C3%A1) (born 1979), Slovak tennis player
- [Alena Peterková](/source/Alena_Peterkov%C3%A1) (born 1960), Czech runner
- [Alena Poláčková](/source/Alena_Pol%C3%A1%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1) (born 1964), Slovak judge
- [Alena Polenská](/source/Alena_Polensk%C3%A1) (born 1990), Czech ice hockey player
- [Alena Polozkova](/source/Alena_Polozkova) (born 1979), Belarusian gymnast
- [Alena Popchanka](/source/Alena_Popchanka) (born 1979), Belarusian swimmer
- [Alena Popova](/source/Alena_Popova) (born 1997), Kazakhstani volleyball player
- [Alena Postlová](/source/Alena_Postlov%C3%A1) (1939–2005), Czechoslovak rower
- [Alena Potůčková](/source/Alena_Pot%C5%AF%C4%8Dkov%C3%A1) (1953–2018), Czech art historian
- [Alena Procházková](/source/Alena_Proch%C3%A1zkov%C3%A1) (born 1984), Slovak cross-country skier
- [Alena Prokopenko](/source/Alena_Prokopenko) (born 1992), Russian judoka
- [Alena Prosková](/source/Alena_Proskov%C3%A1) (born 1948), Czech athlete
- [Alena Prouzová](/source/Alena_Prouzov%C3%A1), Czechoslovak slalom canoeist
- [Alena Reichová](/source/Alena_Reichov%C3%A1) (1933–2011), Czech gymnast
- [Alena Reji](/source/Alena_Reji) (born 1999), Indian cyclist
- [Alena Rojas](/source/Alena_Rojas) (born 1992), Cuban volleyball player
- [Alena Šafářová](/source/Alena_%C5%A0af%C3%A1%C5%99ov%C3%A1) (born 1968), Czech table tennis player
- [Alena Saili](/source/Alena_Saili) (born 1998), New Zealand rugby union player
- [Alena Sannikova](/source/Alena_Sannikova) (born 1980), Belarusian cross-country skier
- [Alena Schillerová](/source/Alena_Schillerov%C3%A1) (born 1964), Czech politician and lawyer
- [Alena Šeredová](/source/Alena_%C5%A0eredov%C3%A1) (born 1978), Czech model
- [Alena Serzhantova](/source/Alena_Serzhantova) (born 1998), Russian water polo player
- [Alena Sharp](/source/Alena_Sharp) (born 1981), Canadian professional golfer
- [Alena Shirmanova](/source/Alena_Shirmanova) (born 1999), Czech singer known as Aiko
- [Alena Shishkova](/source/Alena_Shishkova) (born 1992), Russian model
- [Alena Smith](/source/Alena_Smith), American screenwriter
- [Alena Sobaleva](/source/Alena_Sobaleva) (born 1993), Belarusian hammer thrower
- [Alena Šolcová](/source/Alena_%C5%A0olcov%C3%A1) (born 1950), Czech mathematician and science historian
- [Alena Stellnerová](/source/Alena_Stellnerov%C3%A1) (born 1989), Czech handball player
- [Alena Stolzová](/source/Alena_Stolzov%C3%A1) (born 1937), Czech sprinter
- [Alena Svobodová](/source/Alena_Svobodov%C3%A1) (born 1957), Czech rower
- [Alena Tiron](/source/Alena_Tiron) (born 1993), Russian rugby union player
- [Alena Trapeznikova](/source/Alena_Trapeznikova) (born 1987), Russian ski-orienteering competitor
- [Alena Tseliapushkina](/source/Alena_Tseliapushkina) (born 1969), Belarusian equestrian
- [Alena Vachovcová](/source/Alena_Vachovcov%C3%A1) (born 1974), Czech table tennis player
- [Alena Varmužová](/source/Alena_Varmu%C5%BEov%C3%A1) (1939–1997), Czech mathematician
- [Alena Vašková](/source/Alena_Va%C5%A1kov%C3%A1) (born 1975), Czech tennis player
- [Alena Veselá](/source/Alena_Vesel%C3%A1) (1923–2025), Czech organist and music teacher
- [Alena Vinnitskaya (athlete)](/source/Alena_Vinnitskaya_(athlete)) (born 1973), Belarusian marathon runner
- [Alena Vinnitskaya](/source/Alena_Vinnitskaya) (born 1974), Ukrainian singer, songwriter and TV presenter
- [Alena Vránová](/source/Alena_Vr%C3%A1nov%C3%A1) (born 1932), Czech actress
- [Alena Vrzáňová](/source/Alena_Vrz%C3%A1%C5%88ov%C3%A1) (1931–2015), Czech athlete, figure skater
- [Alena Vylegzhanina](/source/Alena_Vylegzhanina) (born 1987), Russian water polo player
- [Alena Wagnerová](/source/Alena_Wagnerov%C3%A1) (born 1936), Czech author and journalist
- [Alena Analeigh Wicker](/source/Alena_Analeigh_Wicker) (born 2008), American, youngest Black person to be accepted into medical school in the United States
- [Alena Zavarzina](/source/Alena_Zavarzina) (born 1989), Russian snowboarder

## Fictional characters

- [Alena (Encantadia)](/source/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](/source/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_3)*
- [Alena](/source/Alena_(Dragon_Quest)), a fictional chracter from *[Dragon Quest IV](/source/Dragon_Quest_IV)*

## See also

- [Aleena (disambiguation)](/source/Aleena_(disambiguation))
- [Alina (disambiguation)](/source/Alina_(disambiguation))
- [Alyona](/source/Alyona)
- [Elena (given name)](/source/Elena_(given_name))

## References

1. ["Původ jména Alena"](https://www.ptejteseknihovny.cz/dotazy/puvod-jmena-alena) (in Czech). *www.ptejteseknihovny.cz*. Retrieved 2025-07-23.

1. ["Name Alena"](https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Alena/). *Acta Croatica*. Retrieved 2025-07-23.

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