Alena is a feminine given name. It may be either derived from the name Helene or as a diminutive form of Magdalena.
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. 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.
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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 character from Dragon Quest IV