Eleni (given name)
Eleni is a feminine given name of Greek origin. It is a phonetic spelling of the Modern Greek name "Ελένη", whose ancient version, Ἑλένη, is anglicized as Helen. Popular diminutives and nicknames include: Elenitsa, Elenaki, Elena, Lena, Lenio, Lenners, Nitsa.
Eleni may refer to:
People
- Eleni of Ethiopia, Ethiopian empress
- Eleni Aklillu, Ethiopian senior scientific researcher
- Eleni Andriola, Greek gymnast
- Eleni Antoniadou, Greek public figure
- Eleni Artymata, Greek sprinter
- Eleni Avlonitou, Greek swimmer
- Eleni Bakopanos, Greek-born Canadian politician
- Eleni Benson, Greek footballer
- Eleni Boukoura-Altamoura, Greek painter
- Eleni Chatzi, Greek civil engineer
- Eleni Chatziliadou, Greek karateka
- Eleni Christofi, Greek tennis player
- Eleni Cubitt, Greek-born British film maker
- Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
- Eleni Diamanti, Greek engineer and researcher
- Eleni Doika, Greek gymnast
- Eleni Donta, Greek marathon runner
- Eleni Epstein, American former newspaper
- Eleni Evangel, Australian politician
- Eleni Fotiadou Küreman, Turkish photojournalist of Greek ethnicity
- Eleni Foureira, Greek singer and fashion designer
- Eleni Gabre-Madhin, Ethiopian economist
- Eleni Gebrehiwot, German long-distance runner
- Eleni Georgiou, Greek synchronized swimmer
- Eleni Giannou, Cypriot footballer
- Eleni Goula, Greek water polo player
- Eleni Ioannou, Greek judoka
- Eleni Kakambouki, Greek footballer
- Eleni Kapogianni, Greek basketball coach
- Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer
- Eleni Karinte, first love of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Eleni Karpeta,, Greek actress
- Eleni Kavros DeGraw, American politician
- Eleni Kelaiditi, Greek rhythmic gymnast
- Eleni Kiosi, Greek volleyball player
- Eleni Klapanara, Greek cyclist
- Eleni Kordolaimi, Greek tennis player
- Eleni Kounalakis, 50th Lieutenant Governor of California
- Eleni Konsolaki, Greek archaeologist
- Eleni Kosti, Greek swimmer
- Eleni Kouvdou, Greek water polo player
- Eleni Kyriacou, Greek Cypriot fashion designer
- Eleni Lambiri, Greek conductor and composer
- Eleni Louka, Cypriot tennis player
- Eleni Mandell, American singer-songwriter
- Eleni Markou, Greek footballer
- Eleni Mavrou, Greek Cypriot politician
- Eleni Memetzi, Greek volleyball player
- Eleni Menegaki, Greek talk show presenter
- Eleni Mylonas, Greek-born American artist
- Eleni Nastouli, Greek virologist
- Eleni Oikonomopoulou, Greek artist
- Eleni Ourani, Greek writer
- Eleni Papadaki, Greek stage actress
- Eleni Papastamatopoulou, Greek para taekwondo practitioner
- Eleni Paschalidou-Zongolopoulou, Greek artist
- Eleni Patsiou, Greek judoka
- Eleni Peletidou, Greek footballer
- Eleni Petinos, Australian politician
- Eleni Poimenidou, Greek handball player
- Eleni Potari, Greek handball player
- Eleni Prelorentzou, Greek paracanoeist
- Eleni Rantou, Greek actress
- Eleni Rossides, American tennis player
- Eleni M. Roumel, American judge
- Eleni Saich, Greek footballer
- Eleni Sikelianos, American poet
- Eleni Skoura, Greek politician
- Eleni Stavridou, Greek diver
- Eleni Stavrou, Cypriot politician
- Eleni Stroulia, Greek-Canadian computer scientist
- Eleni Tampasi, Greek judoka
- Eleni Tee, Australian rules football umpire
- Eleni Teloni, Cypriot hammer thrower
- Eleni Theocharous, Cypriot politician and surgeon
- Eleni Tositsa, Greek archaeologist
- Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, American diplomat
- Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Greek singer
- Eleni Tzoka, Polish singer
- Eleni Vakalo, Greek poet, art critic and art historian
- Eleni Vasileiou, Greek basketball player
- Eleni Vitali, Greek singer
- Eleni Xenaki, Greek water polo player
- Eleni Zafeiriou, Greek film actress
- Eleni Zaroulia, Greek politician
Fictional characters
- Eleni Andros Cooper, fictional character on the soap opera Guiding Light
- Eleni, fictional vampire in Anne Rice's novel The Vampire Lestat
- Eleni Petraki, fictional character in Victoria Hislop's novel The Island
- Eleni Cooper, mother of Baron George Cooper in the Legends of Tortall novels by Tamora Pierce
Songs about Eleni
- "Anoixe Lenio tin porta", traditional
- "Eleni" by Thanos Mikroutsikos and Babis Tsikliropoulos, originally sung by Haris Alexiou
- "Fevgo, Lenio" by Spyros Peristeris and Minos Matsas
- "I Eleni i zontochira" by Iovan Tsaous, originally sung by Antonis Kalyvopoulos
- "I Lenio i koutsobola" by Michalis Genitsaris
- "Nitsa-Elenitsa" by Giorgos Mitsakis, originally sung by Stelios Kazantzidis
- "To tango tis Elenis" by Antonis Vardis and Vasilis Papakonstantinou
- "Eleni" by Nikos Karvelas, originally sung by Anna Vissi - later covered by Turkish pop folk singer Hülya Avşar as "Sevdim"
- "Eleni" by Dutch Tol & Tol, based on a book by Nicholas Gage, sung, among others, by Demis Roussos