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Also Guernésiais: http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/590676737.pdf
It's not my favorite, but my great-great-aunt (or something like that) was named Helena, and threatened horrible things if anyone was named after her, so this is a creative way to get around the curse.
Also, I hate Hélène Bezukhov with a strong passion.
Isn’t this the name of a character in War and Peace? I don’t know, this is what I call her but various translations have also called her Elena, Yelena, Helen or Ellen :-)
Hélène Ségara is a French singer who came to prominence playing the role of Esmeralda in the French musical Notre Dame de Paris. She has sold over 10 million records.
Hélène Darroze is a French chef. She has three Michelin stars and three restaurants, Hélène Darroze at the Connaught in London, Restaurant Hélène Darroze in Paris and Moscow.
This French form of Helen/Ellen is damn sexy and slightly exotic. On paper, at least. My only concern: if Anglophone communities can faithfully reproduce it or not since it contains two accented characters in printed legal documents and such. Sure, this makes the name a bit unusual, but it seems to take a bit of work...
I am fond of this name. In fact I like it better than Helena (which I do love). Helene makes me think of a beautiful woman.
There's a French opera called "La Belle Hélène".
I adore this name! I'm using it as the name for a main character in a story I'm writing (an English, Goth girl with French heritage) and I think it suits her well. Helene is a beautiful name, so much more so than Helen! I pronounce it "hay-LEHN" or "heh-LEHN", because I have known people with this name who pronounced it that way.
In the film and book "Silk," by Alessandro Barrico, Helene is the wife of the main character, Herve. In the film she's played by Keira Knightley.
Some English use this name instead of Helen (Give the name a little personality, I personally think) but they pronounce it with a combination of Helen and Helene - "Hel-leen" instead of "Hel-en" or "ay-leen".
Can also be pronounced "ee-len" ee as in Bee or "e-len" Helen without the H.

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