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