Jelena
Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic given name. It is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helen, which is of uncertain origin. Diminutives of the name include Jelica, Jelka, Jele, Jela, Lena, Lenotschka, Jeca, Lenka and Alena.
Notable people
Nobility
- Jelena Anžujska, 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, Queen consort of Hungary
- Jelena Zrinski, Princess Consort of Transylvania and Croatian noblewoman
Other people
- Elena Berezhnaya, Russian figure skater
- Jelena Blagojević, Serbian volleyball player
- Yelena Bonner, Russian writer
- Jelena Dokić, Australian tennis player of Croatian and Serbian origin
- Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater
- Jelena 'Gigi' Hadid, American model
- 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 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (June 5, 2018)
- Jelena Milesic, Artist
- Jelena Milovanović, Serbian basketball player
- Jelena Mrdjenovich, Serbian-Canadian boxer
- Jelena Nikolić, Serbian volleyball player
- Jelena Nurgalieva, Russian marathon runner
- Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player
- Jelena Perepelkina, Russian wrestler
- Jelena Porsanger (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, Russian figure skater
- Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
Related names
Helen, Helena, Yelena, Elena, Elaine, Ellen, Eleanor, Alyona, Alyena, Aliena, Olyena, Alena
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