Aļona

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See also: alona, alòna, and Alona

Latvian

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Etymology

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First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1877. From Russian Алёна (Aljóna), a vernacular variant of Еле́на (Jeléna, Helen).

Proper noun

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Aļona f

  1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Алёна (Aljóna).

References

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  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Aļona was the only given name of 2731 persons in Latvia on January 1st 2011, including Russian speakers.