Elena (given name)

Elena is a popular female given name of Greek origin. The name means "shining light". Nicknames of the name Elena are Lena, Lennie, Ella, Ellie, Nellie, or Nena.
Other common variants are Alena ; Alenka ; Alyona ; Elene ; Helen ; Hélène ; Helena ; Eliana ; Eline ; Ileana ; Ilona ; Ilana ; Olena ; Leena ; and Elena/Yelena/Jelena.

Notable people

Given name

A–K

Elena Abelson, better known as Tamara Talbot Rice, Russian-English art historian
Elena Abramovich, Belarusian handball player
Elena Agafonnikova, Russian basketball player
Elena Aiello, Italian blessed
Elena Akselrod, Russian poet and translator
Elena Albu, Romanian actress
Elena Aldunate, Chilean journalist and writer
Elena Alexandrova, Soviet figure skater
Elena Alexieva, Bulgarian writer
Elena Alistar, Bessarabian politician
Elena Allen, British sport shooter
Elena Altieri, Italian actress
Elena Altsjoel, Belarusian draughts player
Elena Amat Calderón, Spanish university professor and archivist
Elena Amato, Italian gymnast
Elena Anagnostopoulou, Greek theoretical linguist
Elena Anaya, Spanish actress
Elena Andreianova, Russian dancer
Elena Andreicheva, Ukrainian documentary filmmaker
Elena Andrieș, Romanian weightlifter
Elena Anguissola, 16th-century Italian artist
Elena Aniushina, Russian canoeist
Elena Antoci, Romanian middle distance runner
Elena Oana Antonescu, Romanian politician
Elena Apreleva, Russian writer
Elena Aprile, Italian experimental particle physicist
Elena Arenas, American artistic gymnast
Elena Arifova, Azerbaijani football player
Elena Aristodimou, Cypriot footballer
Elena Arizmendi Mejía, Mexican feminist writer
Elena Artamendi, Spanish gymnast
Elena Arzak, Spanish chef
Elena Arzhakova, Russian runner who specializes in the middle distance events
Elena Asachi, Romanian pianist, singer and composer
Elena Asimakopoulou, Greek model
Elena Azarova, Russian synchronized swimmer
Elena Bacaloglu, Romanian journalist, literary critic, novelist and fascist militant
Elena Bajo, Spanish painter
Elena Ballesteros, Spanish actress
Elena Balletti, Italian actress and writer
Elena Baltacha, British tennis player, born in Kyiv
Elena Baranova, Russian basketball player
Elena Baravilala, Fijian singer-songwriter
Elena Barolo, Italian actress, showgirl and vlogger
Elena Barozzi, Venezuelan patrician
Elena Barulina, Russian Soviet botanist and geneticist, expert on lentils.
Elena Bascone, Italian political economist
Elena Băsescu, Romanian politician
Elena Bashir, American linguist
Elena Bashkirova, Russian-Israeli classical pianist
Elena Basile, Italian diplomat and author
Elena Batalova, Russian freestyle skier
Elena Batanova, Soviet figure skater
Elena Bechke, Russian pair skater
Elena Becker-Barroso, Spanish molecular biologist
Elena Alexandrina Bednarik, Romanian painter
Elena Beglova, Russian basketball player
Elena Belci, Italian speed skater
Elena Belle, Swedish model
Elena Bellò, Italian middle-distance runner
Elena Belova, several people
Elena Benarroch, Spanish fashion designer
Elena Benítez, Spanish taekwondo practitioner
Elena Bennett, American systems ecologist
Elena Berezhnaya, Russian pair skater
Elena Berezovich, Russian linguist
Elena Berkova, Russian model, television presenter, singer and actress
Elena Berlato, Italian cyclist
Elena Berta, Italian sailor
Elena Bertocchi, Italian diver
Elena Besley, British computational chemist and researcher
Elena Besova, Russian judoka
Elena Bianchini-Cappelli, Italian opera singer
Elena Bibescu, Romanian noblewoman and pianist
Elena Bineva, Bulgarian group rhythmic gymnast
Elena Bissolati, Italian cyclist
Elena Blasco, Spanish multidisciplinary artist
Elena Bobrovskaya, Kyrgyzstani athlete
Elena Bodnarenco, Moldovan politician
Elena Boeva, Bulgarian model and actress
Elena Bogdan, Romanian tennis player
Elena Boldyreva, Russian chemist
Elena Boledovičová, Slovak handball player
Elena Bolotina, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Bomeshko, Transnistrian politician
Elena Bondar, Romanian rower
Elena Bonetti, Italian politician
Elena Maria Bonfanti, Italian sprinter
Elena Borstein, American artist
Elena Botchorichvili, Georgian-Canadian writer
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo,, Infanta of Spain and Duchess of Lugo
Elena Bouryka, Russian-Italian actress
Elena Bovina, Russian tennis player
Elena Božić Talijan, Serbian politician
Elena Brambilla, Italian historian
Elena Braslavsky, American pianist of Russian descent
Elena Braverman, Russian, Israeli, and Canadian mathematician
Elena Brejniva, Russian cyclist
Elena Brezányiová, Slovak handball player
Elena Brioukhovets, Soviet-Ukrainian tennis player
Elena Brockmann, Spanish artist
Elena Brugger, German freestyle wrestler
Elena Buglova, IAEA administrator
Elena Bukreeva, Soviet gymnast
Elena Bulgakova, Soviet author and intellectual
Elena Bunina, Russian mathematician
Elena Burkard, German long-distance runner
Elena Burke, Cuban singer
Elena Busso, Italian volleyball player
Elena Butnaru, Romanian volleyball player
Elena Karina Byrne, American poet
Elena Caffarena, Chilean lawyer, jurist and politician
Elena Gatti Caporaso, Italian politician
Elena Caragiani-Stoenescu, Romanian aviator
Elena Carapetis, Greek-Australian actress
Elena Carrión, Spanish field hockey player
Elena Carter Richardson, American ballerina and dance instructor
Elena Cassin, Italian oriental scholar
Elena Catena, Spanish academic
Elena Cattaneo, Italian academic
Elena Cazzulani, Italian writer and poet
Elena Ceampelea, Romanian artistic gymnast
Elena Ceaușescu, wife of former Romanian head of state Nicolae Ceaușescu
Elena Cecchini, Italian cyclist
Elena Celledoni, Italian mathematician
Elena Cernei, Romanian opera singer
Elena Chalova, Russian tennis player
Elena Chebanu, Ukrainian-Azerbaijani Paralympic sprinter
Elena Chernenko, multiple people
Elena Chiozza, Argentine geographer
Elena Chistilina, Russian Paralympic athlete
Elena Chizhova, Russian translator and writer
Elena Chudinova, Russian writer
Elena Colas, French artistic gymnast
Elena Congost, Spanish Paralympic athlete
Elena Conis, American historian of medicine
Elena Constantinescu, British nightclub owner and spy
Elena Conterno, Peruvian economist and politician
Elena Conti, Italian biochemist
Elena Corregido, Argentine politician
Elena-Luminița Cosma, Romanian chess player
Elena Cotta, Italian actress
Elena Cuoco, Italian astrophysicist and professor
Elena Curtoni, Italian alpine skier
Elena Cuza, Romanian noble and philanthropist
Elena D'Angri, Greek opera singer
Elena Dabija, Moldovan librarian and activist
Elena Dache, Romanian handball player
Elena Dami, Italian curler
Elena Damiani, Peruvian visual artist
Elena Dan, Romanian opera singer
Elena Danilova, Russian footballer
Elena Darikovich, Russian photographer
Elena Abramovna Davidovich, Russian archaeologist and numismatist
Elena Delle Donne, American basketball player
Elena Dementieva, Russian former tennis player
Elena Denchtchik, Russian footballer
Elena Denisova, Austrian violinist
Elena Desderi, Italian cross-country skier
Elena Deza, Russian mathematician
Elena Dhont, Belgian footballer
Elena Di Cioccio, Italian actress
Elena Di Girolamo, Argentine politician
Elena Di Liddo, Italian swimmer
Elena Dimitrakopoulou, Greek sailor
Elena Dobrițoiu, Romanian rower
Elena Dobronravova, Russian actress
Elena Dolgopolova, Russian gymnast
Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Soviet-born American chess player
Elena Donati, Italian swimmer
Elena Donazzan, Italian politician
Elena Dorfman, American fine art photographer
Elena Doronina, Russian bobsledder
Elena Dostatni, Russian ice dancer
Elena Dostay, Russian archer
Elena J. Duarte, American lawyer
Elena Duggan, Australian cook
Elena Duglioli, Italian Roman Catholic aristocrat
Elena Durán, American flautist
Elena Dzamashvili, Georgian pianist
Elena Elagina, Russian artist
Elena Elfimova, Russian volleyball player
Elena Eliseenko, Soviet tennis player
Elena Engel, American film producer
Elena Epuran, Romanian alpine skier
Elena Erbakova, Russian actress
Elena Eremina, Russian artistic gymnast
Elena Erighina, Moldovan weightlifter
Elena Erosheva, Russian statistician and social scientist
Elena Eskina, retired Russian field hockey player and umpire
Elena Espinosa, Spanish politician
Elena Esposito, Italian sociologist
Elena Evseeva, Russian ballerina
Elena Ezhova, Russian volleyball player
Elena Fabrizi, Italian actress
Elena Fanailova, Russian poet
Elena Fanchini, Italian alpine skier
Elena Farago, Romanian poet, translator and children’s author
Elena Fatalibekova, Russian chess player
Elena Fattori, Italian politician from Rimini
Elena Favilli, Italian author and entrepreneur
Elena Aída Fernicola, Argentine politician
Elena Fernández, Spanish operations researcher
Elena Ferrante, pseudonymous Italian novelist
Elena Ferrari, Italian computer scientist
Elena Ferretti, Italian singer
Elena Fidatov, Romanian runner
Elena Filipovska, Macedonian philologist, teacher and writer
Elena Filonova, French classical pianist
Elena Fiore, Italian actress
Elena Firsova, Russian composer
Elena Florica, Romanian handball player
Elena Fomicheva, Russian musician
Elena Fomina, Russian footballer
Elena Fonseca, Uruguayan activist and radio journalist
Elena Forbes, English writer
Elena Ford, American businesswoman
Elena Fortún, Spanish author
Elena Franchi, Italian cyclist
Elena Freda, Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist
Elena Frías de Chávez, mother of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, Aníbal José Chávez Frías, Adán Chávez and granddaughter of Pedro Pérez Delgado
Elena Frolova, Russian-Latvian singer
Elena Frumosu, Moldovan politician
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, American pediatrician
Elena Furiase, Spanish actress
Elena Gadel, Spanish singer
Elena Gaja, Romanian mezzo-soprano opera singer
Elena de Galantha, American histologist
Elena Galiabovitch, Australian sport shooter
Elena Galoppini, Italian chemist
Elena Garanina, Soviet ice dancer
Elena García Armada, Spanish engineer
Elena Garro, Mexican writer
Elena Gaskell, Canadian freestyle skier
Eléna Gee, New Zealand jeweller
Elena Gemo, Italian swimmer
Elena Georgescu, Romanian rower
Elena Georgieva, Bulgarian linguist
Elena Georgieva (gymnast), Bulgarian gymnast
Elena Georgievskaya, Russian author and politician
Elena Gerasimova, Russian artistic gymnast
Elena Gerhardt, German opera singer
Elena Gheorghe, Romanian singer; known for her hits "The Balkan Girls" and "Disco Romancing"
Elena Gianini Belotti, Italian writer, teacher and activist
Elena Gibson, English dancer
Elena Gigli, Italian water polo player
Elena Gilels, Russian pianist
Elena Ginko, Belarusian race walker
Elena Giurcă, Romanian rower
Elena Gjeorgjievska, Macedonian handball player
Elena Glinskaya, grand princess of Moscow
Elena Glurjidze, Georgian ballet dancer
Elena Gnesina, Russian composer and teacher
Elena Gogoleva, Soviet and Russian actress
Elena Goh Ling Yin, Malaysian race walker
Elena Golovina, Russian biathlete
Elena Gómez, Spanish gymnast
Elena González-Moñux, Spanish politician
Elena Goode, American actress
Elena Gorohova, Moldovan biathlete
Elena Gorokhova, Russian painter
Elena Gorokhova (writer), Russian writer
Elena Gorolová, Czech human rights defender
Elena Gorlova, Russian Paralympic athlete
Ellie Goulding, British singer-songwriter, born Elena Jane Goulding
Elena Gremina, Russian writer and playwright
Elena Grigorenko, American clinical psychologist
Elena Grigoryants, Russian culturologist
Elena de' Grimani, Italian comics illustrator
Elena Grinenko, Russian dancer
Elena Grölz, Romanian-born German handball player
Elena Grosheva, Russian artistic gymnast
Elena Grushina, Ukrainian figure skater
Elena Guerra, Italian catholic religious sister
Elena Guerra, Uruguayan middle-distance runner
Elena Guro, Russian writer, illustrator and painter
Elena Guseva, Russian operatic soprano
Elena Guskova, Russian historian
Elena Hartmann, Swiss cyclist
Elena Hassinger, German physicist
Elena Hauer, German footballer
Elena Herraiz, Spanish linguist and YouTube personality
Elena Herzenberg, German high jumper
Elena Hight, American snowboarder
Elena Highton de Nolasco, Argentine judge
Elena Hila, Romanian shot putter
Elena Holmberg, Argentine diplomat
Elena Horvat, Romanian rower
Elena Hrenova, Russian-Moldovan politician
Elena Hristova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and writer
Elena Huerta Muzquiz, Mexican artist
Elena Ierodiakonou, Cypriot model
Elena Ilinykh, Russian ice dancer
Elena Ionescu, Romanian singer
Elena Irureta, Spanish actress
Elena Ivanova, several people
Elena Ivashchenko, Russian judoka
Elena Izcue, Peruvian illustrator, graphic artist
Elena Jacinto, Spanish wheelchair tennis player
Elena Jahn, American painter
Elena Janulaitienė, Lithuanian painter
Elena Jikhareva, Russian footballer
Elena Johnson, Guernsey badminton player
Elena Julve, Spanish footballer
Elena Jurado, Filipino-American actress
Elena Juricich, Uruguayan tennis player
Elena Kagan, former United States Solicitor General and current Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Elena Kalinina, Russian kitesurfer
Elena Kaliská, Slovak slalom canoeist
Elena Kamburova, Russian singer and actress
Elena Kampouris, American actress
Elena Karaman Karić, Serbian interior designer
Elena Karpova, Russian basketball player
Elena Karpukhina, Soviet rhythmic gymnast
Elena Karpushenko, Russian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Kats-Chernin, Australian composer
Elena Kazan, German-Russian actress
Elena Kazantseva, Belarusian poet and singer
Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa, Ukrainian astronomer
Elena Keldibekova, Kazakhstani-Peruvian volleyball player
Elena Kelety, German hurdler
Elena Khatzisavva, Cypriot gymnast
Elena Khusyaynova, Russian accountant
Elena Kirillova, Russian basketball player
Elena Kitić, Serbian singer-songwriter
Elena Kliachkina, Russian para swimmer
Elena Nikandrovna Klokacheva, Russian artist
Elena Kochneva, Russian footballer
Elena Koleva, Bulgarian volleyball player
Elena Kolomina, Kazakhstani cross-country skier
Elena Komendrovskaja, Russian badminton player
Elena Kong, Hong Kong actress, radio DJ and television host
Elena Konstantinova, Russian volleyball player
Elena Könz, Swiss snowboarder
Elena Köpke, German chess player
Elena Korikova, Russian theater and television actress
Elena Korosteleva, Belarusian political scientist
Elena Koshka, Russian-American adult fiction writer
Elena Kosmina, Ukrainian beauty queen and model
Elena Kössler, Austrian footballer
Elena Kostenko, Russian artist
Elena Kostyuchenko, Russian journalist
Elena Kotulskaya, Russian middle-distance runner
Elena Kountoura, Greek ex-model and politician
Elena Kratter, Swiss para-athlete
Elena Kriegner, Austrian jewelry designer
Elena Krivonosova, Ukrainian volleyball player
Elena Kruchinkina, Belarusian biathlete
Elena Krutova, Russian Paralympic archer
Elena Krykanova, Soviet figure skater
Elena Kubiliūnaitė, Lithuanian athletics competitor
Elena Kucharik, American artist
Elena Kuchinskaya, Russian cyclist
Elena Kulichenko, Cypriot athlete
Elena Kunova, Bulgarian volleyball player
Elena Kurbakova, Israeli snooker and pool player
Elena Kuschnerova, Russian-born pianist
Elena Kustarova, Russian ice dancer and coach
Elena Kutorgienė, Lithuanian physician
Elena Efimovna Kuzmina, Russian archaeologist
Elena Kuznetsova, Uzbekistani sport shooter
Elena Kviatkovskaya, Uzbekistani sprinter

L–Z

Elena Lacková, Slovak poet and writer
Elena Lagadinova, Bulgarian agronomist, genetic engineer and politician
Elena Lagorara, Italian gymnast
Elena Landázuri, Mexican musician and activist
Elena Lander, Russian actress and television presenter
Elena Langer, Russian composer
Elena Lasconi, Romanian politician
Elena Lashmanova, Russian race walker
Elena Laumenskienė, Lithuanian composer and educator
Elena Ledda, Sardinian singer
Elena Leeve, Finnish actress
Elena Lengwiler, Swiss ice hockey player and nominated kitefoiler
Elena Leonardi, Italian cyclist
Elena Leonova, Russian pair skater
Elena Letuchaya, Russian television presenter
Elena Leușteanu, Romanian artistic gymnast
Elena Liashenko, Ukrainian figure skater
Elena Libera, Italian fencer
Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
Elena Lilik, German canoeist
Elena Linari, Italian footballer
Elena Lipalit, Romanian canoeist
Elena Lissacheva, Russian footballer
Elena Litchman, professor of aquatic ecology
Elena Livrinikj, Macedonian handball player
Elena Lizzi, Italian politician
Elena Lobsanova, Russian-Canadian ballet dancer
Elena Loewenthal, Italian historian and translator
Elena Logofătu, Romanian rower
Elena Lohner, Liechtensteiner footballer
Elena Lomakin, Russian-American painter
Elena Long, American physicist and activist
Elena López, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
Elena Loyo, Spanish long-distance runner
Elena Lucchinelli, Italian cyclist
Elena Lucchini, Italian politician
Elena Lucena, Argentine actress
Elena Lukauskienė, Lithuanian chess player
Elena Luksch-Makowsky, Russian painter
Elena Lunda, Italian actress
Elena Luzzatto, Italian architect
Elena Lyadova, Russian actress
Elena Macovei, Romanian sports shooter
Elena Maganini, American film editor
Elena Makarova, Russian tennis player
Elena Makhnev, Mexican musician
Elena Maksimova, Belarusian chess player
Elena Makushkina, Russian rower
Elena Malõgina, Estonian tennis player
Elena Mandalis, Australian actress
Elena Manferdini, Italian architect
Elena Manistina, Russian operatic mezzo-soprano
Elena Mantovan, mathematician
Elena Manuele, Italian singer
Elena Marchisotto, American mathematician
Elena Mărgărit, Romanian artistic gymnast
Elena Marinucci, Italian politician
Elena Vladimirovna Markova, Soviet-Russian cyberneticist
Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová, Slovak writer and editor
Elena Maroulleti, Greek Cypriot American independent journalist/reporter and founder of AKTINA FM
Elena Martín, Spanish actress and filmmaker
Elena Martinez Fontes, Argentine marine biologist
Elena Martínez Rosso, Uruguayan lawyer and judge
Elena Marttila, Russian painter
Elena Mathis, Swiss-Italian curler
Elena Matous, Italian alpine skier
Elena Mauti Nunziata, Italian opera singer
Elena Mazzantini, Italian actress known as Daisy Sylvan
Elena Medel, Spanish poet
Elena Mederos, Cuban activist, feminist and social reformer
Elena Medved, Russian footballer
Elena Meissner, Romanian feminist and suffragist
Elena Melián, Spanish synchronized swimmer
Elena Melnik, Russian fashion model
Elena Mestergazi, Russian academic
Elena Meuti, Italian high jumper
Elena Micheli, Italian modern pentathlete
Elena Micic, Australian tennis player
Elena Mikhaylichenko, Russian handball player
Elena Mikhnenko, Ukrainian exile
Elena Milashina, Russian journalist
Elena Miller, Soviet spy
Elena Milovanović, Serbian tennis player
Elena Miramova, American actress and playwright
Elena Moldovan Popoviciu, Romanian mathematician
Elena Moosmann, Swiss professional golfer
Elena Moreno, Chilean actress
Elena Moretti, Italian judoka
Elena Puw Morgan, welsh novelist and children’s writer
Elena Morozova, Russian footballer
Elena Moskaleva, Russian painter
Elena Moskalová-Poláková, Czech volleyball player
Elena Moșuc, Romanian operatic soprano
Elena Motta, Guatemalan politician
Elena Mousikou, Cypriot archer
Elena Mrozovskaya, Russian photographer
Elena Mukhina, Soviet gymnast
Elena Murariu, Romanian painter and iconographer
Elena Muratova (skier), Russian freestyle skier
Elena Murgoci, Romanian long-distance runner
Elena Murzina, Russian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Myers, American motorcycle racer
Elena Napăr, Romanian handball player
Elena Naperotić, Croatian singer-songwriter
Elena Alexandrovna Naryshkina, Russian noblewoman
Elena Näsänen, Finnish visual artist
Elena Năsturel, Romanian princess consort
Elena Nathanael, Greek actress
Elena Naumoska, Macedonian footballer
Elena Nefedova, Russian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Negreanu, Romanian actress
Elena Neill, Irish sportswoman
Elena Neklyudova, Russian singer
Elena Nevado, Spanish politician and MEP
Elena Nikitina, Russian skeleton racer
Elena Nikolaeva, several people
Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American opera singer
Elena Nikoli, Greek handball player
Elena Nikonova, Russian pair skater
Elena Nobili, Italian painter
Elena Novelli, Italian social scientist
Elena Novikova, woman endurance cyclist
Elena Nozdran, Ukrainian badminton player
Elena Nurgalieva, Russian ultramarathon runner
Elena Obono, Equatoguinean footballer
Elena Obraztsova, Russian operatic mezzo-soprano
Elena Ochoa Foster, Spanish publisher and art curator
Elena Oetling, Mexican sailor
Elena Oprea, Romanian rower
Elena Oriabinskaia, Serbian rower
Elena Orlando, American ice hockey player
Elena Osipova, several people
Elena Osokina, Russian historian
Elena Ospitaletche, Uruguayan swimmer
Elena Oznobkina, Russian philosopher and human rights activist
Elena Ornella Paciotti, Italian politician
Elena Padilla, Puerto Rican anthropologist
Elena María del Rocio Padrones Nieto, Spanish cyclist
Elena Pampoulova, Bulgarian tennis player
Elena Adelina Panaet, Romanian long-distance and steeplechase runner
Elena Panaritis, Greek economist
Elena Paneska, Macedonian footballer
Elena Paparazzo, Italian basketball player
Elena Paparizou, Greek singer
Elena Parent, American politician
Elena Partac, Moldovan chess player
Elena Passarello, American writer, actor and professor
Elena Patron, Filipina wirter
Elena Paunero Ruiz, Spanish botanist
Elena Pautova, Russian Paralympic athlete
Elena Pavel, Romanian footballer
Elena Perepelkina, Russian freestyle wrestler
Elena Perova, Russian singer
Elena Petreska, Macedonian pop singer
Elena Maria Petrini, Italian triathlete
Princess Elena of Montenegro, wife of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Elena Philipieva, Ukrainian prima ballerina
Elena Pietrini, Italian volleyball player
Elena Pinderhughes, American jazz flutist
Elena Pingacheva, Russian figure skater
Elena Piron, Romanian volleyball player
Elena Pirozhkova, American sport wrestler
Elena Pirrone, Italian cyclist
Elena Pisareva, Russian politician
Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Venetian philosopher
Elena Piskun, Belarusian artistic gymnast
Elena V. Pitjeva, Russian astronomer
Elena Plante, speech language pathologist
Elena Plastinina, Ukrainian athlete
Elena Podzámska, Slovak actress
Elena Pogorelova, Russian tennis player
Elena Pogrebizhskaya, Russian journalist, director and screenwriter
Elena Polyakova, Russian ultramarathon runner
Elena Poniatowska, Mexican journalist and author
Elena Pontiggia, Italian art critic
Elena Pop-Hossu-Longin, Hungarian-born Romanian writer and activist
Elena Popa, Romanian rower
Elena Popescu, Moldovan middle-distance runner
Elena Moldovan Popoviciu, Romanian mathematician
Elena Popovska, Macedonian swimmer
Elena Poptodorova, Bulgarian politician and diplomat
Elena Porosniuc, Moldovan footballer
Elena Postică, Moldovan historian
Elena Presser, Argentine artist
Elena Pridankina, Russian tennis player
Elena Prieto-Rodriguez, Spanish-Australian mathematician
Elena Proklova, Soviet-Russian actress
Elena Prokofeva, Russian para table tennis player
Elena Prokofyeva, Russian synchronized swimmer
Elena Proskurakova, Kyrgyzstani judoka
Elena Prosteva, Russian alpine skier
Elena Prus, Ukrainian badminton player
Elena Prushakevich, Russian populist and revolutionary
Elena Queirolo, Uruguayan toxicology researcher
Elena Quinteros, Uruguayan anarchist and school teacher
Elena Quirici, Swiss karateka
Elena Quiroga, Spanish writer
Elena Radionova, Russian figure skater
Elena Radonicich, Italian actress
Elena Radu, Romanian canoeist
Elena Raffalovich, Russian educator
Elena Ralph, Israeli model and beauty pageant titleholder
Elena Ramírez Parra, Spanish scientist and molecular biologist
Elena Ecaterina Rareș, Moldavian princess consort
Elena Rastello, Italian middle-distance runner
Elena Recco, Italian still-life painter
Elena Rede, Italian sculptor
Elena Reiche, German modern pentathlete
Elena Reid, American martial artist
Elena Remizova, Russian Paralympic skier
Elena Reygadas, Mexican chef
Elena Reynaga, Argentinian activist
Elena Sofia Ricci, Italian actress
Elena Richter, German archer
Elena Rigas, Danish speed skater
Elena Rios, American physician and public health advocate
Elena Risteska, Macedonian singer and songwriter
Elena Rivera, several people
Elena del Rivero, Spanish artist
Elena Rodriguez-Falcon, Mexican academic and engineer
Elena Roger, Argentine actress
Elena Romanovna, Russian princess
Elena Romanovskaya, Russian ice dancer
Elena de Roo, New Zealand author and poet
Elena Roos, Swiss orienteer
Elena Rose, Venezuelan-American singer
Elena Rosell, Spanish motorcycle racer
Elena Rossini, Italian filmmaker, writer and artist
Elena Rostropovich, Russian pianist
Elena Rozmirovich, Russian politician
Elena Ruehr, American musician, music educator and composer
Elena Ruiz, Spanish water polo player
Elena Runggaldier, Italian skier
Elena Russo, Italian actress
Elena Rybakina, Russian-Kazakhstani tennis player
Elena Rybkina, Russian badminton player
Elena Rzhevskaya, Soviet war interpreter
Elena Săcălici, Romanian artistic gymnast
Elena Sadiku, Swedish football player and coach
Elena Sainz, Mexican footballer
Elena Salgado, Spanish politician
Elena Salvador, Spanish tennis player
Elena Samokysh-Sudkovskaya, Russian painter
Elena Sanayeva, Soviet and Russian actress
Elena Sánchez, several people
Elena Sancho, Spanish politician
Elena Sangro, Italian actress
Elena Santarelli, Italian model, television personality and actress
Elena Santiago, Spanish author
Elena Santoni, Italian gymnast
Elena Santonja, Spanish television presenter and actress
Elena Gracinda Santos, American soccer player
Elena Sanz, Spanish opera singer
Elena Satine, Georgian-American actress and singer
Elena Saurel, London-based Spanish-American actress
Elena Savelyeva, Russian boxer
Elena Savoldi, Italian tennis player
Elena Sazhina, Russian TV host, vlogger and actress
Elena Sazonenkova, Soviet artistic gymnast
Elena Scarpellini, Italian pole vaulter
Elena Schegaleva, Russian footballer
Elena Schiavo, Italian footballer
Elena Scott, American volleyball player
Elena Sedina, Ukrainian-Italian chess player
Elena Seiple, American bodybuilder
Elena Semechin, German Paralympic swimmer
Elena Semikina, Russian-Canadian actress
Elena Semino, British linguist
, Russian singer
Elena Shaddow, American singer and actress
Elena Shadrina, Russian weightlifter
Elena Shcheglova, Russian figure skater
Elena Sheynina, Ukrainian children’s writer
Elena Shimko, Russian badminton player
Elena Shinohara, American rhythmic gymnast
Elena Shirman, Russian-Jewish poet
Elena Shportun-Willemer, Russian bodybuilder
Elena Shtaerman, Soviet academic
Elena Shumilova, Russian politician
Elena Shumskaya, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Shvarts, Russian meta-realist poet
Elena Sidneva, Russian dressage rider
Elena Siegman, American singer
Elena Simperl, computer scientist
Elena Sisto, American painter based in New York
Elena Skochilo, Kyrgyzstani journalist
Elena Skordelli, Cypriot television presenter
Elena Skuin, Russian artist
Elena Smolyanova, Uzbekistani shot putter
Elena Smurova, Russian water polo player
Elena Sokhryakova, Russian speed skater
Elena Sokolova, several people
Elena Solovey, Soviet-Russian actress
Elena Sordelli, Italian sprinter
Elena Sorokina, writer, curator and art historian
Elena Sorolla, Spanish painter
Elena Sotgiu, Belgian field hockey player
Elena Souliotis, Greek opera singer
Elena Spirgevičiūtė, Lithuanian martyr and Servant of God
Elena Stan, Romanian luger
Elena Stasova, Russian communist revolutionary
Elena Stejko, Ukrainian-born New Zealand actress and theatre director
Elena Stern, Swiss curler
Elena Stikhina, Russian operatic soprano
Elena Stonaker, American fine artist and designer
Elena Stoyanova, Bulgarian shot putter
Elena Subirats, Mexican tennis player
Elena Surgutskaya, Russian dancer and choreographer
Elena Suslova, Russian footballer
Elena Sviridova, Russian Paralympic athlete
Elena Tagliabue, Italian alpine skier
Elena Tairova, Belarusian-Russian chess player
Elena Andreea Taloș, Romanian triple jumper
Elena Tărîță, Romanian sprinter
Elena Tarrats, Spanish actress
Elena Tatarkova, Ukrainian former tennis player
Elena Tchalykh, Russian cyclist
Elena Tedesco, Salvadoran beauty pageant titleholder
Elena Tejada-Herrera, Peruvian-American artist
Elena María Tejeiro, Spanish actress
Elena Temnikova, Russian singer, television personality and fashion designer
Elena Teplitskaya, Ukrainian psychologist
Elena Terekhova, Russian footballer
Elena Tereshina, Soviet rower
Elena Terlevich, Argentine astrophysicist
Elena Tikhonova, Austrian film director
Elena Timina, Russian-Dutch table tennis player
Elena Tkach, Russian sports shooter
Elena Tkachenko, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Tobiash, Russian former pair skater
Elena Todorova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Tokun, Russian water polo player
Elena Tomas, Soviet rhythmic gymnast
Elena Tomilova, Russian volleyball player
Elena Tonetta, Italian archer
Elena Tonnini, Sammarinese politician
Elena Topuridze, Georgian philosopher
Elena Tornikidou, Uzbekistani-Russian basketball player
Elena de Toro, Spanish footballer
Elena Torre, Italian writer
Elena Torres, Mexican revolutionary, feminist, progressive educator and writer
Elena Tovar, Mexican-American actress
Elena Tsagrinou, Greek singer
Elena Tsallagova, Russian operatic soprano
Elena K. Tsolakis, Australian Greek Cypriot architect
Elena Tsunaeva, Russian politician
Elena Jane Tucker, Australian geneticist
Elena Turcan, Moldovan footballer
Elena Udrea, Romanian politician; Minister of Tourism
Elena Urkizu, Spanish field hockey player
Elena Urlaeva, Uzbek human rights activist
Elena Urrutia, Mexican journalist and activist
Elena Utkina, Russian handball player
Elena Utrobina, Russian cyclist
Elena Văcărescu, Romanian-French writer
Elena Vaenga, Russian singer, songwriter and actress
Elena Valenciano, Spanish politician
Elena Valentini, Italian cyclist
Elena Vallortigara, Italian high jumper
Elena Valova, Russian pair skater
Elena Vardanyan, Armenian actress
Elena Varzi, Italian film actress
Elena Vaytsekhovskaya, Soviet diver
Elena Vázquez Cendón, Spanish applied mathematician
Elena Velevska, Macedonian singer
Elena Velez, American fashion designer
Elena Verdugo, American actress
Elena Vesna, Russian psychologist
Elena Vesnina, Russian tennis player
Elena Maria Vidal, American novelist
Elena Vintilă, Romanian athlete
Elena Viviani, Italian short track speed skater
Elena Vodorezova, Russian figure skater
Elena Voicu, Romanian handball player
Elena Voronkina, Ukrainian volleyball player
Elena Votsi, Greek designer
Elena Vukić, Croatian volleyball player
Elena Vukmir, Hungarian rhythmic gymnast
Elena Vystropova, Russian-born Azerbaijani boxer
Elena Wagenmans, Dutch squash player
Elena Waiss, Chilean pianist
Elena Wassen, German diver
Eléna Wexler-Kreindler, Romanian mathematician
Elena Whitham, British politician
Elena Xanthoudakis, Australian operatic soprano
Elena Xausa, Italian illustrator
Elena Yakovishina, Russian alpine skier
Elena Yakovleva, Russian actress
Elena Yampolskaya, Russian theatre critic
Elena Yanovskaya, Soviet-Russian mathematician and economist
Elena Yaryshka, Belarusian tennis player
Elena Yezhova, Russian opera singer
Elena Yoncheva, Bulgarian journalist
Elena Yparraguirre, Peruvian terrorist
Elena Zaiatz, Russian chess player
Elena Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė, Lithuanian actress and writer
Elena Zamolodchikova, Russian gymnast
Elena Zangor, Romanian cross-country skier
Elena Zaremba, Russian-born mezzo-soprano
Elena Zareschi, Italian stage, television and film actress
Elena Zdrokova, Russian rugby sevens player
Elena Zelayeta, Mexican-American restaurateur
Elena Zelenskaya, Russian soprano
Elena Zennaro, Italian swimmer
Elena Zhambalova, Russian poet
Elena Zharkova, Russian ice dancer
Elena Zhdanova, Russian Paralympic athlete
Elena Zhosul, Russian journalist and television presenter
Elena Zoubareva, Russian soprano
Elena Zuasti, Uruguayan stage actress

Middle name

Maria Elena Camerin, Italian tennis player
Maria Elena Kyriakou, Greek Cypriot singer

In fiction

Elena, from Street Fighter III, Ultra Street Fighter IV, and Street Fighter VI
Elena, a fictional character played by Hazera Ambce in the British web series Corner Shop Show
Elena, a priestess from Grandia II
Elena, a lord and the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Covenant
Elena, an 18-year-old girl from the Wii game Pandora's Tower
Elena, a Soviet scientist in the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey
Elena, played by Vera Filatova, is a resident of Apollo House and one of Jez's love interests in the British TV series Peep Show
Elena Alvarez, teenage daughter on the 2017 British TV series One Day at a Time
Elena Amamiya, a character in Star Twinkle PreCure
Elena Bothari-Jesek, a childhood friend of Miles' and later a leader of the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet from the Vorkosigan Saga
Elena Cañero-Reed, the main character from the tv show Diary of a Future President
Elena Castillo Flores, a Disney princess from the animated television series Elena of Avalor
Elena Chávez, abuela to the titular protagonists from the animated children's series Maya & Miguel
Elena Fisher, a character in the Uncharted series
Elena Gilbert, from The Vampire Diaries
Elena Greco, character in the Neapolitan Novels, a 4-part series by the Italian author Elena Ferrante
Elena Michaels, in the Women of the Otherworld series
Elena Potato, from the comic book and animated series Monster Allergy
Elena Ramos, from Dallas
Elena Rivera, from the Pixar animated film Coco
Elena of Turks, from Final Fantasy VII
Elena Tulaska from the science fiction TV series Black Mirror episode entitled USS Callister, parts 1 and 2
Elena Tyler, a character portrayed by Tangi Miller on the 1998–2002 Warner Bros. series Felicity
Elena de la Vega, character from The Mask of Zorro, a 1998 motion picture
Elena, a character in the episode Boo to a Goose from British TV show Inside No 9