Alenka is a popular
Slovene female given name. It ranks among the top 30 most common female names in
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. Another version of the same name is Lenka. In Slavic languages, both versions are often treated as diminutive names of
Alena and
Lena
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
* Lena, Norway, a village in ...
, respectively.
The name may refer to:
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Alenka Bernot, Yugoslav/Slovenian slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1960s
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Alenka Bikar (born 1974), Slovenian former sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres
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Alenka Bratušek (born 1970), Slovenian Prime Minister
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Alenka Čebašek (born 1989), Slovenian cross-country skier
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Alenka Cuderman (born 1961), former Yugoslav/Slovenian handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
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Alenka Dovžan
Alenka Dovžan (born 11 February 1976) is a retired Slovenian alpine skier
Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing ( cross-coun ...
(born 1976), retired Slovenian alpine skier
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Alenka Godec (born 1964), Slovenian jazz and pop singers
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Alenka Gotar (born 1977), Slovene soprano singer
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Alenka Kejžar (born 1979), Olympic class swimmer
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Alenka Puhar (born 1945), Slovenian journalist, author, translator, and historian
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Alenka Sottler (born 1958), Slovene painter and illustrator
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Alenka Zupančič
Alenka Zupančič (born 1 April 1966) is a Slovenian philosopher whose work focuses on psychoanalysis and continental philosophy.
She is a Slovenian psychoanalytic theorist and philosopher who along with Mladen Dolar and Slavoj Žižek have in l ...
(born 1966), Slovenian philosopher whose work focuses on psychoanalysis and continental philosophy
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