Alyona () or Aliona is a Russian female given name derived from the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

name , ''Helenē'' (dialectal variant: , ''Helena''). See " Helen" for its history. For a long time it was considered to be a colloquial variant of the name Elena . During the

Soviet times The history of the Soviet Union (USSR) (1922–91) began with the ideals of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution and ended in dissolution amidst economic collapse and political disintegration. Established in 1922 following the Russian Civil War, ...

people had difficulties to officially register the name Alyona, with bureaucrats referring to the dictionaries that stated that "Alyona" is a variant of "Elena". In modern times it is no longer a problem in Russia, keeping in mind that legally Elena and Alyona are considered to be different names."Елена и Алёна — это одно имя или разные?"
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'' Notable people with the name include: *

Alyona Alekhina Alyona Alekhina (; born 19 June 1988) is a Russian-American retired professional snowboarder who is now a singer, songwriter, musician and model. She was a seven-time national Russian snowboarding champion and two-time champion of Europe, but her ...

(born 1988), Russian-American snowboarder *

Alyona Alyona Aliona Olehivna Savranenko (; born 14 June 1991), better known by her stage name Alyona Alyona (; stylized in all lowercase), is a Ukrainian rapper, singer, and songwriter. She released her debut album, ''Pushka'' (), in 2019, followed by an ex ...

(born 1991), Ukrainian rapper *

Alyona Apina Alyona Apina (Еле́на Евге́ньевна А́пина; maiden name — Levochkina) is а Soviet and Russian singer, musical performer, actress and songwriter. Her career started in 1988 and continues to this day. For her unique tone ...

(born 1964), Soviet/Russian singer *

Aliona Babak Aliona Valeriyivna Babak (, born September 27, 1969) is a Ukrainian politician and former Minister of Regional Development.Alyona Babenko Alyona Olegovna Babenko (; ; born March 31, 1972) is a Russian film and theater actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2013). Biography Elena Baranova, known professionally as Alyona Babenko was born in Kemerovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet ...

(born 1972), Russian actress *

Aliona Bolsova Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova (; ; born 6 November 1997) is a Spanish-Moldovan tennis player. On the ITF Junior Circuit, Bolsova had a combined career-high ranking of No. 4, and reached the quarterfinals of the 2015 Australian Open. Bolso ...

(born 1997), Spanish-Moldovan tennis player * Aliona Doletskaya (born 1955), Russian journalist *

Aliona Dubitskaya Aliona Viktarauna Dubitskaya (; born 25 January 1990) is a Belarusian athlete whose specialty is the shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far ...

(born 1990), Belarusian shot putter *

Alyona Khmelnitskaya Alyona Aleksandrovna Khmelnitskaya (; born 12 January 1971) is a Russian stage and film actress and TV presenter. Biography Was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia), into an artistic family. Her parents are artists of the ba ...

(born 1971), Russian actress * Alyona Khomich (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player *

Alyona Lanskaya Alyona Lanskaya (, Romanized: ''Alena Lanskaja''; , Romanized: ''Alyona Lanskaya''; born 7 September 1985) is a Belarusian singer. In 2011, she won the Slavianski Bazaar Contest in Vitebsk. Alyona represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Co ...

(born 1985), Belarusian singer * Alyona Mikhaylova (born 1995), Russian actress *

Alyona Minkovski Alyona Leonidovna Minkovski (; born 30 January 1986) is a Russian American journalist, television host and commentator. In 2011, she was named on the ''Forbes'' 30 under 30 media list. Minkovski is currently a producer of ''American Metamorp ...

(born 1986), Russian-American journalist *

Aliona Moon Aliona Munteanu (born 25 May 1989), better known as Aliona Moon, is a Moldovan singer. In 2012, she was a backing vocalist for Pasha Parfeny who represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Aliona was selected to represent her country ...

(born 1989), Moldovan singer *

Alyona Osmanova Alyona Osmanova (; ; born March 31, 1988) is a Ukrainian model. Career Beginning Osmanova's first major fashion credit was for '' V magazine'' in 2006. Osmanova made her catwalk debut in the Spring 2007 season, walking for top designers Marc ...

(born 1988), Ukrainian model * (born 1981), Russian singer *

Alyona Polunina Alyona Polunina (; born 31 December 1975) is a Russian independent filmmaker. Biography Alyona Polunina was born in Tuapse. In 2002, she won an educational grant and enrolled in a school for script writers and producers in Moscow. She graduated ...

(born 1975), Russian filmmaker *

Alyona Rassohyna Alyona Rassohyna (born June 11, 1990) is a Ukrainian female mixed martial artist who competes in the Atomweight and Strawweight divisions of the ONE Championship. From October 2020 till December 2020, she was ranked #9 Female Atomweight by Fight ...

(born 1990), Ukrainian mixed martial artist *

Aljona Savchenko Aljona Savchenko (, ''Olena Valentynivna Savchenko''; German Romanization: ''Aljona Sawtschenko'', sometimes ''Aliona Savchenko''; born 19 January 1984) is a retired Ukrainian-born German pair skater. One of the most decorated pair skaters, she ...

(born 1984), Ukrainian-born German pair skater *

Alyona Shamotina Alyona Shamotina (born 27 December 1995) is a Ukrainian hammer thrower. She competed in the women's hammer throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics The 2017 IAAF World Championships, the sixteenth edition of the IAAF World Champi ...

(born 1995), Ukrainian hammer thrower *

Alyona Shchennikova Yelena Aleksandrovna "Alyona" Shchennikova (, born May 12, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team, U.S. National Team from 2017 to 2019 and was the all-around champion at the ...

(born 2001), American gymnast *

Alyona Starovoitova Alyona Mikhailovna Starovoitova (, born 22 October 1999) is a Russian ice hockey player, currently playing in the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. Playing career As a junior player with the Russian national under ...

(born 1999), Russian ice hockey player *

Alyona Subbotina Alyona Subbotina (born 13 February 1990) is a Kazakh fashion model and entrepreneur. She gained international recognition after exclusively opening the Givenchy fashion show in Paris in 2011. She has worked with designers such as Giorgio Armani, ...

(born 1990), Kazakhstani model *

Alyona Torganova Alyona Vladimirovna Torganova (; born 14 May 1980) is a singer, ex-member of Russian girls band Reflex (2002–2016). Biography Alyona was born on 14 May 1980 in Kurchatov, Kazakhstan SSR. She has a younger brother and sister. She graduated fro ...

(born 1980), Russian singer *

Aliona Vilani Aliona Valeriya Kavanagh (''née'' Vilani on 1 May 1984; ), also known by her stage name Aliona Vilani, is a Russian-Kazakh TV personality and was a professional dancer in the BBC series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Biography Vilani started ...

(born 1984), Russian-Kazakh dancer

Fictional characters

*Alyona Ivanovna, character in ''

Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal '' The Russian Messenger'' in twelve monthly installments during 1866.

'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fictional characters

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