Alyona

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