First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1877. From Russian Алёна (Aljóna), a vernacular variant of Еле́на (Jeléna, “Helen”).
Aļona f
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name Алёна (Aljóna).
- 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.