Alena
Alena is a female given name .
origin
Alena occurs as a derivative of various names. On the one hand it can be a short form of Magdalena , on the other hand it can be a popular Russian short form of the name Jelena or Alexandra . In Ukrainian , the forms Альо́на (Ольо́на) / Aljona (Oljona) are names adopted from Russian.
The holy virgin Alena was a martyr and descended from princely but pagan parents. She discovered Christianity for herself, but her father had her killed when he found out.
variants
- Alenn (Norman)
- Alina (Swedish)
- Aljona / Alena (Russian)
- Oljona, Olena (Ukrainian)
- Alena (Belarusian)
- Alenka (Slovenian)
- Alena (Arabic)
name day
The feast day of St. Alena is June 17th . Alena's name day is March 27 in Slovakia and August 13 in the Czech Republic.
Well-known namesake
- Alena Amjaljussik (* 1989), Belarusian cyclist
- Alena Bahníková (* 1948), Czech writer
- Alena Brawa (* 1966), Belarusian writer
- Alena Buyx (* 1977), German medical ethicist
- Alena Fritz (* 1989), German model
- Alena Šeredová (* 1978), Czech model
- Alena Subrylawa (* 1973), Belarusian biathlete of Ukrainian origin
- Alena Vrzáňová (1931–2015), Czech figure skater
- Alena Wagnerová (* 1936), German-Czech publicist, sociologist and author
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden: The large first name dictionary . 3. Edition. Mannheim 2007. ISBN 9783411060832
- ↑ a b Complete Lexicon of Saints , Volume 1. Augsburg 1858, pp. 121–122. ( Online at zeno.org )