Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Russian given name that is also used in Serbo-Croatian, Belarussian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Slovenian. It is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helen, which is of uncertain etymology. Diminutives of the name include Jelica, Jelka, Jele, Jela, Lena, Lenotschka, Jeca, Lenka and Alena.
Elena Berezhnaya, Russian figure skaterYelena BonnerJelena Zrinski, Princess Consort of Transylvania and Croatian noblewomanJelena Urošević Vukanović, Queen consort of HungaryYelena Katina, Russian singerJelena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis playerJelena Nurgalieva, Russian marathon runnerYelena Romanova, Russian long-distance runnerJelena of Bulgaria, Empress consort of SerbiaJelena of Serbia, Yugoslav princessJelena 'Gigi' Hadid, American modelElena Valova, Russian figure skaterElena Vesnina, Russian tennis playerJelena Perepelkina, Russian wrestlerJelena Anžujska, Serbian QueenJelena Dokić, Australian tennis player of Croatian and Serbian originJelena Glebova, Estonian figure skaterJelena Janković, Serbian tennis playerJelena Jensen, American glamour model and pornstarJelena Jovanova, Macedonian actressJelena Karleuša, Serbian singerJelena Nikolić, Serbian volleyball playerJeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis playerJeļena Prokopčuka, Latvian long-distance runnerJelena Tripolski (born 1967), Israeli Olympic sport shooterHelen, Helena, Yelena, Elena, Elaine, Ellen, Eleanor, Alyona, Alyena, Aliena, Olyena
