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 Jiang, American artist and visual designer
• Jelena Jovanova, Macedonian actress
• Yelena Katina, Russian singer
• 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