Vilen, feminine: Vilena are given names originated in the early Soviet Union as an acronym for "Vladimir Ilyich Lenin". Notable people with the name include: Vilen Barskyi (1930–2012), Ukrainian Soviet and German painter and graphic artist Vilen Galstyan (1941–2021), Armenian actor Vilen Ivanov (born 1934), Russian sociologist Vilen Kalyuta (1930–1999), Ukrainian cinematographer Vilen Komissarov (1924–2005), Russian linguist and translator Vilen Künnapu (born 1948), Estonian architect Vilen Prokofyev (2001–2020), Kazakh hockey player Vilen Strutinsky (1929–1993), Soviet nuclear physicist Vilen Tokarev, birth name of Willi Tokarev (1934–2019), Russian-American singer-songwriter
(born 1937), Armenian psycho- and neurophysiologist (born 1938), Soviet and Russian orientalist, expert in Tibet
See also
Vladlen