Alena

Alena
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:

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

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