Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Helena

HELENA

GENDER: Feminine

OTHER SCRIPTS: ‘Ελενη (Ancient Greek)

PRONOUNCED: he-LE-nah (German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish), hay-LAY-nah (Dutch) [key]

Meaning & History

Latinate form of HELEN

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VARIANTS: Elena, Helene, Ilona (German), Heleen (Dutch), Elin, Elina, Helene (Swedish), Elin, Helene (Norwegian), Elin, Helene (Danish), Ilona (Polish), Ilona (Czech), Eliina, Elina, Heleena, Ilona (Finnish), Jelena, Elena (Slovene), Jelena, Elena (Croatian), Ellen, Helen, Hellen (English), Helene (Ancient Greek), Helen, Helene (Greek Mythology)

DIMINUTIVES: Alena, Lena, Lene, Leni (German), Heleentje (Dutch), Ella, Lena, Lennie, Lenny (Swedish), Eli, Ella, Lena, Lene (Norwegian), Eli, Ella, Lena, Lene (Danish), Lena (Portuguese), Lena (Polish), Alena, Lenka (Czech), Alena, Lenka (Slovak), Heli, Leena (Finnish), Leena (Estonian), Alena, Alenka, Jelka (Slovene), Jela, Jelka (Croatian), Ella, Ellie, Elly, Lena, Nell, Elle (English)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Shelena (African American), Elena (Bulgarian), Hélène (French), Elene (Georgian), Elene, Eleni (Greek), Heléna, Ili, Ilka, Ilona, Ilonka (Hungarian), Léan (Irish), Elena (Italian), Helēna, Jeļena, Ilona (Latvian), Elena, Ilona (Lithuanian), Elena (Macedonian), Elena, Ileana, Lenuța (Romanian), Elena, Yelena, Alyona, Lena (Russian), Eilidh (Scottish), Jelena (Serbian), Elena, Ileana, Iliana (Spanish), Olena, Lesya (Ukrainian), Elen, Elin (Welsh), Elaine (Welsh Mythology)

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