# Alyona

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**Alyona** (Russian: Алёна) or **Aliona** is a Russian female given name derived from the [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) name Ἑλένη, *Helenē* (dialectal variant: Ἑλένα, *Helena*). See "[Helen](/source/Helen_(given_name))" for its history. For a long time it was considered to be a colloquial variant of the name [Elena](/source/Elena_(given_name)). During the [Soviet times](/source/Soviet_Union) people had difficulties to officially register the name Alyona, with bureaucrats referring to the dictionaries that stated that "Alyona" is a variant of "Elena". In modern times it is no longer a problem in Russia, keeping in mind that legally Elena and Alyona are considered to be different names.[1]

Notable people with the name include:

- [Alyona Alekhina](/source/Alyona_Alekhina) (born 1988), Russian-American snowboarder
- [Alyona Alyona](/source/Alyona_Alyona) (born 1991), Ukrainian rapper
- [Alyona Apina](/source/Alyona_Apina) (born 1964), Soviet/Russian singer
- [Aliona Babak](/source/Aliona_Babak) (born 1969), Ukrainian politician
- [Alyona Babenko](/source/Alyona_Babenko) (born 1972), Russian actress
- [Aliona Bolsova](/source/Aliona_Bolsova) (born 1997), Spanish-Moldovan tennis player
- [Aliona Doletskaya](/source/Aliona_Doletskaya) (born 1955), Russian journalist
- [Aliona Dubitskaya](/source/Aliona_Dubitskaya) (born 1990), Belarusian shot putter
- [Alyona Khmelnitskaya](/source/Alyona_Khmelnitskaya) (born 1971), Russian actress
- [Alyona Khomich](/source/Alyona_Khomich) (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
- [Alyona Lanskaya](/source/Alyona_Lanskaya) (born 1985), Belarusian singer
- [Alyona Mikhaylova](/source/Alyona_Mikhaylova) (born 1995), Russian actress
- [Alyona Minkovski](/source/Alyona_Minkovski) (born 1986), Russian-American journalist
- [Aliona Moon](/source/Aliona_Moon) (born 1989), Moldovan singer
- [Alyona Osmanova](/source/Alyona_Osmanova) (born 1988), Ukrainian model
- [Alyona Petrovskaya](/source/Alyona_Petrovskaya) (born 1981), Russian singer
- [Alyona Polunina](/source/Alyona_Polunina) (born 1975), Russian filmmaker
- [Alyona Rassohyna](/source/Alyona_Rassohyna) (born 1990), Ukrainian mixed martial artist
- [Aljona Savchenko](/source/Aljona_Savchenko) (born 1984), Ukrainian-born German pair skater
- [Alyona Shamotina](/source/Alyona_Shamotina) (born 1995), Ukrainian hammer thrower
- [Alyona Shchennikova](/source/Alyona_Shchennikova) (born 2001), American gymnast
- [Alyona Starovoitova](/source/Alyona_Starovoitova) (born 1999), Russian ice hockey player
- [Alyona Subbotina](/source/Alyona_Subbotina) (born 1990), Kazakhstani model
- [Alyona Torganova](/source/Alyona_Torganova) (born 1980), Russian singer
- [Aliona Vilani](/source/Aliona_Vilani) (born 1984), Russian-Kazakh dancer

## Fictional characters

- Alyona Ivanovna, character in *[Crime and Punishment](/source/Crime_and_Punishment)* by Fyodor Dostoevsky

## References

1. ["Елена и Алёна — это одно имя или разные?"](https://aif.ru/society/people/elena_i_alyona_eto_odno_imya_ili_raznye), *[Arguments and Facts](/source/Arguments_and_Facts)*

## See also

- [Alena](/source/Alena)
- [Olena](/source/Olena)

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