Alyona

Alyona (Алёна) or Aliona is a slavic female given name derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἑλένη, Helenē (dialectal variant: Ἑλένα, Helena). Another version points to Ancient Rus', where the pagan goddess of the dawn existed. And the name was interpreted as sunny, beautiful, scarlet, chosen.

People with the name

 * 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 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
 * 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 Subbotina (born 1990), Kazakhstani model
 * Alyona Torganova (born 1980), Russian singer
 * Aliona Vilani (born 1984), Russian-Kazakh dancer

Fictional characters

 * Alyona Ivanovna, character in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky