| Name info: About the name Helena in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | German, Portuguese, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish |
| Diminutives: | Alenka |
| Topics: | Asteroid 101 Helena, diameter 65.84 km, period 23.080 years |
| Saints: | Helena |
| US 2011 rank: | #587 ... 586:Kaylynn, 587:Amara, 588:Helena, 589:Jaylee, 590:Maeve ... Full US 2011 list |
| Similarly written: | Elena, Helen, Helene, Hélène, Jelena, Selena, Alena, Alena, Arlena, Belana Details |
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| Group info: About Helen, the group of names with the same origin as Helena | | Meaning/translation: | the bright |
| Language of origin: | Old Greek |
| Info about origin: | in Greek mythology Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Leda; her kidnapping was the cause of the Trojan war |
| | the name of the Greek sun good Helios has the same roots |
| Words: | helene = the torch, the brightness, the sunray Old Greek |
| Topics: | Greek mythology |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Lena Austria 2006, 2:Elin Sweden 2002, 3:Elena Switzerland/German 2011, 8:Helen England+Wales 1974, 11:Helene Norway 1997, 18:Elaine England+Wales 1954, 19:Ellen Sweden 2010, 19:Helena Austria/Vienna 2011, 26:Elina Switzerland/German 2011, 30:Léna Hungary 2011 |
| Somehow related to: | Eleonora |
| Name variants: | Alenka, Aliona, Alyona, Elaina, Elaine, Élaine, Elayna, Elena, Eleni, Elenie, Elin, Elín, Elina, Elle, Ellen, Helen, Helena, Helene, Hélène, Hellen, Ileana, Ilena, Ilka, Ilke, Illona, Ilona, Ilonka, Jela, Jelena, Jelka, Lainey, Laney, Lena, Léna, Leni, Lenia, Lenio, Lenja, Lenka, Leny, Lenya, Nelli Sortable list Details |
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