Alena is a
feminine
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given name
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from the origins
Russia
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and
Czechia
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.
People
Alena is a variant of
Helen
Helen may refer to:
People
* Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world
* Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress
* Helen (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
Places
* Helen, ...
. People with this name include:
*
Saint Alena
Saint Alena (also written Alène
Accessed 2012-05-10. or Alina (died 640), born in Dilbeek, Belgium, and martyred c. 640
*
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
Alena Holubeva (born April 4, 1994) is a Belarusian basketball player for Olimpia Grodno and the Belarusian national team.
She participated at the EuroBasket Women 2017
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(born 1994), Belarusian basketball player
*
Alena Martinovská
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 Douhan, Belarusian diplom ...
, Czech actress, appearing in the 1954 film ''
Komedianti
''Komedianti'' is a 1954 Czech film directed by Vladimír Vlček. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Jaroslav Vojta - Starý komediant
* Ladislav Pešek - Zak
* Jaroslav Mareš - Fricek
* Alena Martinovská - Olga
* Ma ...
''
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Alena Matejka (Alena Matějková, born 1966), Czech sculptor and glass designer
*
Alena Mazouka
Alena Mazouka ( be, Алена Мазоўка, also russian: Елена Мазовка - ''Yelena Mazovka;'' born June 30, 1967) is a retired female long-distance runner from Belarus, who represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics ...
(born 1967), Belarusian long-distance runner
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Alena Mihulová
Alena Mihulová (born 4 May 1965) is a Czech film and television actress. She won Czech Lion for her role in ''Home Care''. She was married to film director Karel Kachyňa.
Selected Filmography
*'' Sestřičky'' (1983)
*'' Smrt krásných srnc ...
(born 1965), Czech actress, married to director Karel Kachyňa
*
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 Republic ...
(born 1978), Czech model
*
Alena Vránová
Alena Vránová (born 30 July 1932) is a Czech film and theatre actress. At the 1997 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Play. She studied at the Faculty of Theatre (Prague). Vránová was recognised with an award for lifetim ...
, Czech actress, appearing in the 1956 film ''Lost Children (1956 film)''
*
Alena Vrzáňová
Alena "Ája" Vrzáňová (, also Zanová, married name: Steindler; 16 May 1931 – 30 July 2015) was a Czech figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia in competition. Vrzáňová is the 1949 & 1950 World champion and 1950 European champion.
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(1931–2015), Czech athlete, figure skater
It is also a Catalan last name. People with this name include:
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Carles Aleñá
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Club career Barcelona
Born in Mataró, Barcelona, Catalonia, Aleñá moved to Barcelona's youth system, La Masia, i ...
(born 1998), Spanish footballer
Fiction
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Alena (Encantadia)
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, a fictional character who possesses the Gem of Water on several Filipino telefantasyas
*
Alena Vorshevsky
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 Douhan, Belarusian diplo ...
, a fictional character from ''
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''
*
''Alena'' (1947 film), a 1947 Czech film
*
''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
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA ; es, Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; french: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that crea ...
*
''Alena'' (snakefly), a genus of
Raphidioptera
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snakeflies
See also
*
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 He ...
*
Alina (disambiguation)
*
Alyona Alyona (russian: Алёна) is a Russian female given name derived from the Ancient Greek name , ''Helenē'' (dialectal variant: , ''Helena''). It can also be the short form of Yelena. Its colloquial forms are Alena, and Olena (Олёна). It can ...
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