| Pronunciation | /əˈlɛnə/ ə-LEN-ə Czech: [ˈalɛna] Russian: [ɐˈlʲɵnə] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Ray of light |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Alina, Alenka, Lena, Lenka |
Alena is a feminine given name from the origins Russia and Czechia.
People
Alena is a variant of Helen. People with this name include:
- Saint Alena (died 640), born in Dilbeek, Belgium, and martyred c. 640
- Alena Antalová (born 1972), Slovak actress
- Alena Douhan, Belarusian diplomat
- Alena Holubeva (born 1994), Belarusian basketball player
- Alena Kostornaia (born 2003), Russian figure skater
- Alena Lodkina, Russian-born Australian filmmaker, director of Strange Colours (2017)
- Alena Matejka (Alena Matějková, born 1966), Czech sculptor and glass designer
- Alena Mazouka (born 1967), Belarusian long-distance runner
- Alena Mihulová (born 1965), Czech actress, married to director Karel Kachyňa
- Alena Šeredová (born 1978), Czech model
- Alena Shirmanova (born 1999), Cezch singer known as Aiko
- Alena Vinnitskaya (born 1974), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, composer and TV presenter
- Alena Vránová (born 1932), Czech actress
- Alena Vrzáňová (1931–2015), Czech athlete, figure skater
It is also a Catalan last name. People with this name include:
- Carles Aleñá (born 1998), Spanish footballer
Fiction
- 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 (1947 film), a 1947 Czech film
- Alena (graphic novel), a Swedish graphic novel
- Alena (2015 film), a 2015 Swedish film based on the graphic novel
Other uses
- ALENA (Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, lit. "Agreement of Free Trade, North American"), French acronym for the North American Free Trade Agreement
- Alena (snakefly), a genus of Raphidioptera snakeflies
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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