Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It is a

Slavicized Slavicisation or Slavicization, is the acculturation of something Slavic into a non-Slavic culture, cuisine, region, or nation. To a lesser degree, it also means acculturation or adoption of something non-Slavic into Slavic culture or terms. Th ...

form of the Greek name

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, ...

, which is of uncertain origin.

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s of the name include Jelica, Jelka, Jele, Jela, Lena, Lenotschka, Jeca, Lenka, and Alena.

Notable people

Nobility

Jelena Anžujska Helen of Anjou ( sr, Јелена Анжујска / Jelena Anžujska, ; c. 1235 – 8 February 1314) was the queen consort of the Serbian Kingdom, as the spouse of King Stefan Uroš I, who ruled from 1243 to 1276. Their sons were later Serbian ...

, Serbian Queen (d. 1314) * Jelena of Bulgaria, Empress consort of Serbia (d. 1374) * Jelena Petrović Njegoš, Montenegrin princess and Queen of Italy * Jelena of Serbia, many Serbian consorts *

Jelena Urošević Vukanović Helena of Serbia ( sr, Јелена/Jelena, hu, Ilona; b. after 1109 – after 1146) was Queen consort of Hungary, Queen of Hungary as the wife of Béla II of Hungary, King Béla II. After her husband's death, she governed Hungary as regent ...

, Queen consort of Hungary * Jelena Zrinski, Princess Consort of Transylvania and Croatian noblewoman

Other people

Jelena Agbaba Jelena Agbaba ( sr-cyr, Јелена Агбаба; born 20 June 1997) is a Serbian handball player for Moyra-Budaörs Handball and the Serbian national team. She represented Serbia at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. Her older s ...

, Serbian handball player *

Elena Berezhnaya Elena Viktorovna Berezhnaya (russian: Елена Викторовна Бережная, born 11 October 1977) is a Russian former pair skater. With partner Anton Sikharulidze, she is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medali ...

, Russian figure skater *

Jelena Blagojević Jelena Blagojević (born 1 December 1988) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She plays for Serbia women's national volleyball team. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is tall. She plays for KS DevelopRes Rzeszów. Achieveme ...

, Serbian volleyball player * Yelena Bonner, Russian writer * Jelena Brooks (Milovanović), Serbian basketball player * Jelena Dokić, Australian tennis player of Croatian and Serbian origin * Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater *Jelena 'Gigi' Hadid, American model *

Jelena Grubišić Jelena Grubišić (born 20 January 1987) is a Croatian handballer who plays for CSM București. She is retired from the Croatia national team. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest i ...

, Croatian handball player * Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player * Jelena Jensen, American glamour model and pornstar * Jelena Jovanova, Macedonian actress * Jelena Karleuša, Serbian singer * Jelena Kovacevic, Serbian-American engineering professor and dean * Jelena Lavko, Serbian handball player * Jelena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player * Jelena McWilliams (Obrenic), Chairman of the

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(June 5, 2018) * Jelena Milesic, Artist * Jelena Mrdjenovich, Serbian-Canadian boxer *

Jelena Nikolić Jelena Nikolić ( sr-cyrl, Јелена Николић; born 13 April 1982) is a retired Serbian volleyball player, playing as a wing-spiker. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championshi ...

, Serbian volleyball player * Jelena Nurgalieva, Russian marathon runner *

Jeļena Ostapenko Jeļena Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997), also known as Aļona Ostapenko, is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 5 in singles, achieved on 19 March 2018, and world No. 9 in doubles, reached on 22 Augus ...

, Latvian tennis player * Jelena Perepelkina, Russian wrestler *

Jelena Porsanger Jelena Porsanger (born 1967) is a Russian-born Norwegian Sami ethnographer who researches Sami culture and history. From 2011 to 2015, she was the rector of the Sámi University of Applied Sciences in Kautokeino, Norway. Early life and educatio ...

(born 1967), Russian Sami ethnographer and university rector * Jeļena Prokopčuka, Latvian long-distance runner * Yelena Romanova, Russian long-distance runner * Jelena Rozga, Croatian singer * Jelena Tripolski (born 1967), Israeli Olympic sport shooter *

Elena Valova Elena Aleksandrovna Valova (russian: Елена Александровна Валова; born 4 January 1963) is a Russian former pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. With her then-husband Oleg Vasiliev, she is the 19 ...

, Russian figure skater *

Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...

, Russian tennis player

Related names

Helena Helena may refer to: People *Helena (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Katri Helena (born 1945), Finnish singer *Helena, mother of Constantine I Places Greece * Helena (island) Guyana * ...

, Yelena, Elena, Elaine,

Ellen Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include: * Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress * Elle ...

Eleanor Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introd ...

, Alyona, Alyena, Aliena, Olyena, Alena

Notable people

Nobility

Other people

Related names

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