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
Alenka Bratušek (; born 31 March 1970) is a Slovenian politician. She was Prime Minister of Slovenia from March 2013 until May 2014, the first woman in Slovenia to hold this position. She was president ''pro tempore'' of the Positive Slovenia pa ...
(born 1970), Slovenian Prime Minister
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Alenka Čebašek
Alenka Čebašek (born 24 April 1989) is a Slovenian cross-country skier. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated ...
(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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