Alyona

Alyona (Russian: Алёна) or Aliona is a slavic female given name derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἑλένη, Helenē (dialectal variant: Ἑλένα, Helena). Another version points to Ancient Rus', where the pagan goddess of the dawn existed. And the name was interpreted as sunny, beautiful, scarlet, chosen.Also in modern-day the name Alionia comes from the parents being named Alexander and Kionia (Alexander+Kionia=Alionia) meaning the blessed child of the defender of man

People with the name

• Alyona Alekhina (born 1988), Russian-American snowboarder
• Alyona Alyona (born 1991), Ukrainian rapper
• Alyona Apina (born 1964), Soviet/Russian singer
• Aliona Babak (born 1969), Ukrainian politician
• Alyona Babenko (born 1972), Russian actress
• Aliona Bolsova (born 1997), Spanish-Moldovan tennis player
• Aliona Doletskaya (born 1955), Russian journalist
• Aliona Dubitskaya (born 1990), Belarusian shot putter
• Alyona Khmelnitskaya (born 1971), Russian actress
• Alyona Lanskaya (born 1985), Belarusian singer
• Alyona Mikhaylova (born 1995), Russian actress
• Alyona Minkovski (born 1986), Russian-American journalist
• Aliona Moon (born 1989), Moldovan singer
• Alyona Osmanova (born 1988), Ukrainian model
• Alyona Polunina (born 1975), Russian filmmaker
• Alyona Rassohyna (born 1990), Ukrainian mixed martial artist
• Aljona Savchenko (born 1984), Ukrainian-born German pair skater
• Alyona Shamotina (born 1995), Ukrainian hammer thrower
• Alyona Shchennikova (born 2001), American gymnast
• Alyona Subbotina (born 1990), Kazakhstani model
• Alyona Torganova (born 1980), Russian singer
• Aliona Vilani (born 1984), Russian-Kazakh dancer

Fictional characters

• Alyona Ivanovna, character in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky