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 skater
Yelena Bonner
Jelena Zrinski, Princess Consort of Transylvania and Croatian noblewoman
Jelena Urošević Vukanović, Queen consort of Hungary
Yelena Katina, Russian singer
Jelena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
Jelena Nurgalieva, Russian marathon runner
Yelena Romanova, Russian long-distance runner
Jelena of Bulgaria, Empress consort of Serbia
Jelena of Serbia, Yugoslav princess
Jelena 'Gigi' Hadid, American model
Elena Valova, Russian figure skater
Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
Jelena Perepelkina, Russian wrestler
Jelena Anžujska, Serbian Queen
Jelena Dokić, Australian tennis player of Croatian and Serbian origin
Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater
Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
Jelena Jensen, American glamour model and pornstar
Jelena Jovanova, Macedonian actress
Jelena Karleuša, Serbian singer
Jelena Nikolić, Serbian volleyball player
Jeļena Ostapenko, Latvian tennis player
Jeļena Prokopčuka, Latvian long-distance runner
Jelena Tripolski (born 1967), Israeli Olympic sport shooter
Helen, Helena, Yelena, Elena, Elaine, Ellen, Eleanor, Alyona, Alyena, Aliena, Olyena