Alena is a
feminine given name from the origins
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...
and
Czechia.
People
Alena is a variant of
Helen. People with this name include:
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Saint Alena (died 640), born in Dilbeek, Belgium, and martyred c. 640
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Alena Douhan
Alena Douhan ( be, Алена Доўгань) of Belarus is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, as 25 March 2020. When appointed, she was a professor of ...
, Belarusian diplomat
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Alena Holubeva (born 1994), Belarusian basketball player
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Alena Martinovská, Czech actress, appearing in the 1954 film ''
Komedianti''
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Alena Matejka
Alena Matejka (also Alena Matějková; born 26 January 1966) is a Czech sculptor and glass designer. She also works with other materials, often in combination.
Education
Matejka was born in Jindřichův Hradec; she studied at the Secondary S ...
(Alena Matějková, born 1966), Czech sculptor and glass designer
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Alena Mazouka (born 1967), Belarusian long-distance runner
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Alena Mihulová (born 1965), Czech actress, married to director Karel Kachyňa
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Alena Šeredová
Alena Šeredová (; born 21 March 1978) is a Czech model and actress who lives and works in Italy.
Career
Šeredová was born Prague. Her modeling career began at the age of 15. Five years later, she was first runner-up of Miss Czech Republ ...
(born 1978), Czech model
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Alena Vránová, Czech actress, appearing in the 1956 film ''Lost Children (1956 film)''
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Alena Vrzáňová (1931–2015), Czech athlete, figure skater
It is also a Catalan last name. People with this name include:
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Carles Aleñá (born 1998), Spanish footballer
Fiction
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Alena (Encantadia), a fictional character who possesses the Gem of Water on several Filipino telefantasyas
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Alena Vorshevsky, a fictional character from ''
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''
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''Alena'' (1947 film), a 1947 Czech film
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''Alena'' (graphic novel), a Swedish graphic novel
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''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
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''Alena'' (snakefly), a genus of
Raphidioptera
Snakeflies are a group of Predation, predatory insects comprising the order (biology), order Raphidioptera with two extant families: Raphidiidae and Inocelliidae, consisting of roughly 260 species. In the past, the group had a much wider distrib ...
snakeflies
See also
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Aleena (disambiguation) Aleena is a female given name, a variant of Alina. It may refer to:
People
* Aleena Gibson (born 1968), Swedish songwriter
In fiction
* Queen Aleena the Hedgehog, a character from the animated series ''Sonic Underground''; mother of Sonic the ...
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Alina (disambiguation) Alina is a female given name of Greek origin.
Alina may also refer to:
* ''Alina'' (film), a 1950 Italian drama film
* ''Alina'' (fungi), a genus of fungi in the family Alinaceae
* Alina (malware), a malware family targeting point-of-sale sys ...
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Alyona
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Feminine given names