Olena, Olenna ( uk, Олена) is a Ukrainian variant of the feminine

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. It is of Greek origin and means "sun ray" or "shining light". Variants of the name Olena include: Alena, Elena, Jelena, Lena, Lenya, Lenochka, Olinia, Olinija, Olenya, Olinda, Olina, Lina, Olinia, Olenka, Olenochka and Olinija. Notable people with the name include: Olena (born 2003) Target team member who went to the Ukraine in 2022 and led her people to freedom *

Olena Dvornichenko Olena Dvornichenko ( he, אלונה דבורניצ'נקו; born November 3, 1990) is an Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast. Biography Dvornichenko is Jewish, and was born in Ukraine. She and her teammates competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 S ...

(born 1990), Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast *

Olena Falkman "Olena" Ida Theresia Falkman (22 September 1849 in Stockholm – 13 September 1928 in Stockholm), was a Swedish concert vocalist ( alto). She was born to Carl Johan Falkman, a Swedish official at the Imperial Russian court in Saint Petersburg, ...

(1849-1928), Swedish concert vocalist *

Olena Kryvytska Olena Serhiyivna Kryvytska ( uk, Олена Сергіївна Кривицька, translit=Olena Sehijjivna Kryvyc'ka; born 23 February 1987) is a Ukrainian fencer who has won three world championship bronze medals. She competed at the 2012 Su ...

(born 1987), Ukrainian fencer *

Olena Muravyova Olena Oleksandrivna Muravyova or Elena Aleksandrowna Muravyova (Ukrainian: Муравйова Олена Олександрівна, Russian: Муравьёва Елена Александровна) (b. on 22 May (3 June) 1867 in Kharkov, Russian ...

(born 1867), Ukrainian opera singer and vocal teacher, awarded Merited Artist of Ukrainian SSR (1938) *

Olena Nepochatenko Olena Oleksandrivna Nepochatenko ( uk, Непочатенко Олену Олександрівну) is a Ukrainian agricultural economist and academic administrator. She is the rector of Uman National University of Horticulture Uman ( uk, Ум ...

, Ukrainian economist and academic administrator *

Olena Ovchynnikova Oléna "Lena" Serhíyivna Ovchýnnikova ( uk, Оле́на "Ле́на" Сергі́ївна Овчи́ннікова; born April 22, 1987) is a Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight divisi ...

(born 1987), Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist *

Olena Ronzhyna Olena Ivanivna Ronzhyna-Morozova ( uk, Олена Іванівна Ронжина-Морозова; born 18 November 1970 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a retired rower from Ukraine, who won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is a four-time ...

(born 1970), Ukrainian rower *

Olena Vaneeva Olena Oleksandrivna Vaneeva (born 28 June 1982, Dnipro) is a Ukrainian mathematician and researcher and vice head of the Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Her interests include group analysis of differential equat ...

(born 1982), Ukrainian mathematician *

Olena Zelenska Olena Volodymyrivna Zelenska (;russian: Елена Владимировна Зеленская, , Elena Vladimirovna Zelenskaya, born 6 February 1978) is a Ukrainian architect and screenwriter who is the current First Lady of Ukraine as the ...

(born 1978), First Lady of Ukraine

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