Alenka is a popular
Slovene female given name. It ranks among the top 30 most common female names in
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
. Another version of the same name is Lenka. In Slavic languages, both versions are often treated as diminutive names of
Alena
Alena is a feminine given name. It may be either derived from the name Helene or as a diminutive form of ' Magdalena'.
In the Balkans, this particular spelling of the name is predominantly found among the peoples of the former Yugoslav nat ...
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, who was the Prime Minister of Slovenia from March 2013 until May 2014 as the first woman in Slovenia to hold this position. She was president ''pro tempore'' of the Positive Slove ...
(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, Сочи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg, from – ''seaside'') is the largest Resort town, reso ...
(born 1989), Slovenian cross-country skier
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Alenka Cuderman
Alenka Cuderman (born June 13, 1961) is a former Yugoslav/Slovenian handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) we ...
(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- ...
(born 1976), retired Slovenian alpine skier
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Alenka Godec
Alenka Godec (born 5 November 1964, in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian jazz and pop singer.(1 January 2007)Alenka Godec ''Cosmopolitan (magazine)'' (Slovenian edition, in Slovenian)
Albums Trova
Festivals
Pop workshop
* 1988: ''Tvoja'' - member ...
(born 1964), Slovenian jazz and pop singers
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Alenka Gotar
Alenka Gotar is a Slovene soprano singer, born in Rodica in 1977. With the song " Cvet z juga" ("Flower of the South"), she represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. Achieving seventh place in the semi-fina ...
(born 1977), Slovene soprano singer
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Alenka Kejžar
Alenka Kejžar is an Olympic class swimmer. She was born on 15 February 1979 in Kranj, Slovenia. Kejžar attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Her coaches were Ciril Globočnik and Steve Collins. Her swimming career began in ...
(born 1979), Olympic class swimmer
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Alenka Kham Pičman
Alenka Kham Pičman (22 January 1932 – 23 May 2025) was a Slovenian architect, painter, graphic artist and industrial designer.
Life and career
Kham Pičman was born on 22 January 1932 as the first of three daughters of architect and engine ...
(1932–2025), Slovenian architect, painter, graphic artist, and industrial designer
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Alenka Puhar
Alenka Puhar (born 4 February 1945) is a Slovenian journalist, author, translator, and historian. In 1982, she wrote a groundbreaking psychohistory-inspired book ''"The Primal Text of Life"'' (in Slovene: ''Prvotno besedilo življenja'') about ...
(born 1945), Slovenian journalist, author, translator, and historian
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Alenka Sottler
Alenka Sottler (born 24 October 1958) is a Slovene painter and illustrator. She lives and works in Ljubljana as a freelance illustrator and is a member of New York Society of Illustrators. She has illustrated over 50 books for children and adult ...
(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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