Comments for the name Helen

Helen is a beautiful name, and it is also a very popular name in Germany.

When I was at school, we had 4 Matthews, 4 Lauras and 4 Helens. I would say it was fairly popular in England, at least in the late '70s, early '80s

Helen means a torch.

The name Helen is used in the 'What Katy Did' books. As cousin Helen, the beautiful kind and patient person who helps Katy become perfect.

And how could anyone forget Helen of Troy, "the face that launched a thousand ships"? The most beautiful woman in the world! Maybe the name does not mean beautiful, but it can be taken to be.

Helen Keller was a mute, blind and deaf girl but overcame it.

Helen is my mum's name, and I think it's very elegant and womanly.

Helen Steiner Rice is a Christian poet.

I think that Helen is an absolutely RUBBISH NAME. I dunno why you would call anyone Helen - OMG it sounds like Melon!

I just don't like this name, both Helen's I know are not nice. I think of this name as Hell-on.

A famous bearer is the American actress Helen Hunt.

My name is Lenuta, a Romanian derivate from Helen and I think that this name is the most beautiful name in the world. Let's remember Helen of Troy, the woman who made a war possible. :)

My name is Helen and I think it totally ROCKS! If your name is Helen but you don't want to go by that, there's always Ella, Ellen, and Neleh (which is Helen backwards). ROCK ON HELENS OF THE WORLD!

Helen Ward and Helen Forrest were two very popular big band swing singers in the 30's and 40's.

I think the name Helen ROCKS!

This is my favorite female name. (And I am even familiar with anyone by the name of Helen) I just love how it sounds and the way the name feels.

Helen is the first friend of Jane in the novel by Charlotte Bronte, 'Jane Eyre'. Helen is an intelligent, but 'slattern' girl that took her discipline with strength.

Helen Baxendale - other famous bearer.

Helen Lyle is the name of Virginia Madsen's character in the great horror movie "Candyman".

I personally think Helen is a beautiful, elegant, and feminine name - not to mention classic. It's definitely something I'd consider naming my child, if I ever have one. Also, Helen Keller ROCKS.

Whenever I think of the name Helen, I think of my mother's secretary from when I was a child. She was a sour woman, so maybe that's why I don't like the name much.

The only Helens I know of I don't like much so this has turned me off this name totally.

My best friend in the whole world's name is Helen. I really like this name. It's not overused, and it's got a sophisticated sound to it. Like Neleh (who is the Helen I know) said, there are so many nicknames for Helen.

There is a novelist named Helen Myers.

Helen Mirren - English actress. She was really good in the successful film 'Calendar Girls' and also was in 'The Queen' which was released in 2006.

I think Helen is a cool name and those of you with problems with people named Helen have no right to be rude to everyone named Helen! So you can comment your own name.

I used to not really like the name Helen because I felt as if too many middle-aged and older women were named it. But recently I have rather taken a great liking to it and I now think it is very beautiful. I still prefer Helena over Helen, but I think that Helen is a good, strong name to have.

Helen Fielding; author of crazily popular "Bridget Jones' Diary" and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason". Both of these have been made into movies starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and (gags) Hugh Grant.

What a beautiful name! It rolls off the tongue so nicely.

Helen was, I believe, the name of the first Queen of Narnia in C. S. Lewis' books.

Helen Kane was a popular singer in the 1920s. The Betty Boop cartoon character was inspired by her.

Helena was one of the characters in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

I've heard Helen pronounced like the name Ellen.

My middle name is Helen. I've never really liked it much, but it's ok. I would prefer Ellie or Ella, but Victoria Helen sounds quite nice I think.

My daughter's name is Helen. I wanted something simple that wouldn't get shortened. It does get shortened even by me. I named her after Helen of Troy from my studies in Classical Studies. I genuinely like the name and it suits her!

Helen Dallimore is an actress and singer who has just finished her stint in the musical Wicked on the West End.

Beatrix Potter's first name was Helen, after her mother.

I love the name Helen, being a Helen myself, I love the fact that no-one has it.

The only thing I don't like about my name is that people keep calling me Helen Keller or ask me if I'm gellin' and then act like it's the most unique comment in the world. I've only heard it ten billion times! Also, many people spell it with 2 l's, and sometimes think I'm saying "Ellen" when I introduce myself. Still, I'm glad it's my name.

Yeah that's true. People do think you're saying Ellen, and why do people think there are 2 l's in Helen? I love it!

In Christopher Paolini's novels, Helen is the wife of Brom's old friend Jeod. She's not that relevant, though.

In Jane Eyre, Helen was one of my favorite characters despite being so minor. A beautiful name, too, I also like the story of Helen of Troy.

It's not such a bad name per se, but it sounds like the name of a middle-aged woman nowadays. Quite frankly, I don't think I want it to become popular again, as reading the wrong blogs has introduced me to the nauseating views of life of a certain Dr. Helen. Anyway, it's quite a dull name, even if one that sounds relatively sane, if you get my drift.

I think Helen is a rather ugly name.

Singer Angelo Kelly and Kira Harms have a daughter Helen Josephine Kelly, born on 5. November 2002.

Edgar Allan Poe wrote two poems called "To Helen," both about his friend Sarah Helen Whitman.

I love the name Helen. It's my beautiful baby girl's name. I have always found the story of Helen of Troy fascinating and I really like literary names for girls.

"Is this the face that launched a thousand ships and set afire the topless towers of Illium?"

Helen of Troy was actually a Greek. She was not kidnapped by Paris, but went with him willingly. Her birth was bizarre: Zeus came to Leda in the form of a Swan, and Leda later laid two eggs. Each contained twins, and each egg held one child of her husband and one of the god, Zeus. Castor and Pollux were the boys hatched from one egg (one mortal, one demigod), and Helen and Clytemnestra (the mortal sister) were the girls hatched from the other. Helen and her sister married brothers--both Greek kings. Menelaus was Helen's husband, and Clytemnestra was married to Agamemnon.

Both sisters have interesting stories that are far too long for this comment, but at least Helen has the more attractive name for modern usage. Helen of Troy was not the most honorable woman, but so many women in history and literature since have given this name a lot of power.

(My middle name is Ellen. Same thing, really.)

Its meaning can also be 'shining.'

Helen is an absolutely lovely name, and it carries so many previous, wonderful bearers with it. If you don't like it, why are you looking it up?

The first use of the name Helen was the male Greek, who was son of Deucalion (Zeus). Hellas or Greece is named after him, this can be found in the beginning of Thucydides `History of the Peloponesian War` p36. Further than this apparently the Greek `hel` may mean to capture, like the slaves the Helots and also possibly the `capture` of Helen of Troy.

My name happens to be Helen. I LOVE IT! One of my nicknames happens to be Melon. Great name, great nickname. Also, I have never met anyone near my age with my name. The end.

Famous singer Sade's real name is Helen.

According to another Greek myth Leda was not her mother, but the goddess Nemesis. Helen means 'torch' or 'the shining one'. The name is of the same origin as Helios (sun) and Selene (moon).

I think it's gorgeous name!

A famous bearer of this name is American classical violinist Helen Armstrong (March 16, 1943 – April 28, 2006). Besides her classical music profession, she was the founder and artistic director of Armstrong Chamber Concerts.

There was a character in the syndicated show "Cleopatra 2525" who was named Helen but nicknamed Hel. As a bit of a mythology nerd, I think both "Helen" as a name and "Hel" as a nickname are very cool!

Helen Sjöholm (b. 1970) is a famous Swedish singer and actress.

This name is alright; but it comes with some of the best possible nicknames--Nell/e, Nellie/y, and Nella!

Meh- it's quite dated. It's like the babyboomer version of Hazel or Ethel.

British actress Helen McCrory.

I don't see how anyone can not like this name. It's practically perfect in every way: simple, pretty, goes well with a lot of other names, overall just beautiful.

Helen is a good name but kind of boring. Helena is better.

Helen Graham is the main character of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Bronte.

I like this name. It's pretty, classic, and the nickname Nellie is adorable. I do prefer Helena, however.

Like the end of hell.

I can't think of a female name most recognizably Greek in the modern world than this. We have all heard of the famed Helen of Troy, possessing beauty that can start wars.

I am curious as to know why the word "Hellenic" is synonymous with Greek culture. If this name symbolizes the moon or torches, what significance does these items have for the Greeks? Did ancient Greeks believe they were the "light" of the world with the knowledge they gained?

Helen Magnus is the main character of the excellent Syfy show Sanctuary.

Cool and calm, but a bit dull.

Helen Colliander (born 2000 in Berkeley, California) is an American child actress.

Since I am a Helen I love it! I was named after my Grandmother (as well as my middle name) and I always loved that I was the only one my age named Helen. So I never had to add the first letter of my last name or go by my last name as a kid.

Helen is an awesome name since it is my name. It's meaning is shining light or sun ray or torch or shining one. I don't know which meaning is right though!

Helen Keller! And, If my name was Helen, I would go by Ellie. Dirty passion of mine. P.S. I am obsessed with the nickname Ellie!

Helen Lovejoy is Reverend Lovejoy's gossipy wife on The Simpsons.

I knew a little girl named Helen, and although its not my favorite name, I was sooo relieved to see that at least some people have sense and class when naming their children! A girl named Helen will be taken much more seriously and probably more respected than a forty year old woman named Madison of kaylee, which is going to be absolutely hilarious and pathetic in about thirty years when the world is filled with them :/

Helen has hell in it so I would NEVER pick it. I hate the name anyways, its dated and blah.

One of the few very old-fashioned names that I like