Elena (given name)
Elena is a popular female given name in Greek, Italian, Slavic, Baltic, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian. It originates in the Ancient Greek name Helen/Helene. The variation "Elena" dates back to the 12th century.
Other common variants are Alena ; Alenka ; Alyona ; Elene ; Helen ; Hélène ; Helena; Eliana ; Eline ; Elena ; Ilona ; Olena ; and Elena/Yelena.Notable people
Given name
A–K
- Elena Altieri, Italian actress
- Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
- Elena Arzhakova, Russian runner who specializes in the middle distance events
- Elena Asimakopoulou, Greek model
- Elena Baltacha, British tennis player, born in Kiev
- Elena Berezhnaya, Russian pair skater
- Elena Bogdan, Romanian tennis player
- Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo,, Infanta of Spain and Duchess of Lugo
- Elena Bovina, Russian tennis player
- Elena Brambilla, Italian historian
- Elena Braverman, Russian, Israeli, and Canadian mathematician
- Elena Carapetis, Greek-Australian actress
- Elena Ceaușescu, wife of former Romanian head of state Nicolae Ceaușescu
- Elena Dahl, Russian-Swedish author and translator.
- Elena Delle Donne, American basketball player
- Elena Dementieva, Russian former tennis player
- Elena Eremina, Russian artistic gymnast
- Elena Eskina, retired Russian field hockey player and umpire
- Elena Ferrante, pseudonymous Italian novelist
- Elena Fiore, Italian actress
- Elena Gerasimova, Russian artistic gymnast
- Elena Gheorghe, Romanian singer; known for her hits "The Balkan Girls" and "Disco Romancing"
- Elena Goode, American actress
- Ellie Goulding, British singer-songwriter, born Elena Jane Goulding
- Elena Grushina, Ukrainian figure skater
- Elena Hila, Romanian shot putter
- Elena Ierodiakonou, Cypriot model
- Elena Kagan, former United States Solicitor General and current Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Elena Kats-Chernin, Australian composer
- Elena Khatzisavva, Cypriot gymnast
- Elena Kosmina, Ukrainian beauty queen and model
- Elena Kountoura, Greek ex-model and politician
L–Z
- Elena Ledda, Sardinian singer
- Elena Liashenko, Ukrainian figure skater
- Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
- Elena Manuele, Italian singer
- Elena Mousikou, Cypriot archer
- Elena Nathanael, Greek actress
- Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American opera singer
- Elena Nikoli, Greek handball player
- Elena Obraztsova, Russian operatic mezzo-soprano
- Elena Pampoulova, Bulgarian tennis player
- Elena Panaritis, Greek economist
- Elena Paparizou, Greek singer
- Princess Elena of Montenegro, wife of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
- Elena Poniatowska, Mexican journalist and author
- Elena Moldovan Popoviciu, Romanian mathematician
- Elena Rigas, Danish speed skater
- Elena Salgado, Spanish politician
- Elena Siegman, American singer
- Elena Skordelli, Cypriot television presenter
- Elena Souliotis, Greek opera singer
- Elena Stasova, Russian communist revolutionary
- Elena Tatarkova, Ukrainian former tennis player
- Elena Udrea, Romanian politician; Minister of Tourism
- Elena Urlaeva, Uzbek human rights activist
- Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
- Elena Votsi, Greek designer
- Elena Zamolodchikova, Russian gymnast
- Elena Zelenskaya, Russian soprano
Middle name
- Maria Elena Camerin, Italian tennis player
- Maria Elena Kyriakou , Greek Cypriot singer
- Flor Elena González, Venezuelan telenovela actress
In fiction
- Elena Tyler, a character portrayed by Tangi Miller on the 1998–2002 Warner Bros. series Felicity
- Elena, a Soviet scientist in the Stanley Kubrick film
- Elena, a fictional character played by Hazera Ambce in the British web series Corner Shop Show
- Elena Fisher, a character in the Uncharted series
- Elena Gilbert, from The Vampire Diaries
- Elena Michaels, in the Women of the Otherworld series
- Elena Ramos, from Dallas
- Elena of Turks, from Final Fantasy VII
- Elena, from Street Fighter III
- Elena Potato, from the comic book and animated series Monster Allergy
- Elena a priestess from Grandia II
- Elena, a lord and the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Covenant
- Elena, an 18-year-old girl from the Wii game Pandora's Tower
- Elena Castillo Flores, a Disney princess from the animated television series Elena of Avalor
- Elena Alvarez, teenage daughter on One Day at a Time
- Elena Bothari-Jesek, a childhood friend of Miles' and later a leader of the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet from the Vorkosigan Saga
- Elena, played by Vera Filatova, is a resident of Apollo House and one of Jez's love interests in Peep Show
