Alyona
Alyona (Russian: Алёна) or Aliona is a Russian female given name derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἑλένη, Helenē (dialectal variant: Ἑλένα, 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 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.
Notable people with the name include:
Alyona Alekhina (born 1988), Russian-American snowboarder
Alyona Alyona (born 1991), Ukrainian rapper
Alyona Apina (born 1964), Soviet/Russian singer
Aliona Babak (born 1969), Ukrainian politician
Alyona Babenko (born 1972), Russian actress
Aliona Bolsova (born 1997), Spanish-Moldovan tennis player
Aliona Doletskaya (born 1955), Russian journalist
Aliona Dubitskaya (born 1990), Belarusian shot putter
Alyona Khmelnitskaya (born 1971), Russian actress
Alyona Khomich (born 1981), Russian ice hockey player
Alyona Lanskaya (born 1985), Belarusian singer
Alyona Mikhaylova (born 1995), Russian actress
Alyona Minkovski (born 1986), Russian-American journalist
Aliona Moon (born 1989), Moldovan singer
Alyona Osmanova (born 1988), Ukrainian model
Alyona Petrovskaya (born 1981), Russian singer
Alyona Polunina (born 1975), Russian filmmaker
Alyona Rassohyna (born 1990), Ukrainian mixed martial artist
Aljona Savchenko (born 1984), Ukrainian-born German pair skater
Alyona Shamotina (born 1995), Ukrainian hammer thrower
Alyona Shchennikova (born 2001), American gymnast
Alyona Starovoitova (born 1999), Russian ice hockey player
Alyona Subbotina (born 1990), Kazakhstani model
Alyona Torganova (born 1980), Russian singer
Aliona Vilani (born 1984), Russian-Kazakh dancer
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