Name Group Helen

Group info:

Meaning/translation:	maybe the torch
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 origin of the name is uncertain; possibly related to Old Greek helene (torch)
Words:	helene = the torch Old Greek
Topics:	Greek mythology
Variants' top ranks:	1:Lena Austria 2006, 1:Helena Brazil official 2023, 1:Jelena Montenegro 2011, 1:Elene Georgia 2021, 2:Elena Romania 2016, 2:Elin Sweden 2002, 2:Eléni Greece 2020-2022, 2:Léna Hungary 2022, 3:Lenna Estonia 2018, 4:Ilona Hungary 2014
Somehow related to:	Eleonora

Name variants:

All variants, grouped by language of use

Language	Female Variants	Male Variants
German	Helena, Helene, Illona, Ilona, Ilonka, Lena, Leni, Leny, Nelli
Spanish	Elena
Italian	Elena
Dutch	Helena
Portuguese	Helena
English	Elaina, Elaine, Elayna, Elle, Ellen, Helen, Hellen, Illona, Lainey, Laney
French	Élaine, Eléna, Hélène, Illona
Scandinavian	Elin, Elina, Helena, Helene, Lena
Czech	Lenka
Estonian	Lenna
Polish	Helena, Lenka
Hungarian	Ilka, Ilke, Ilona, Ilonka, Jelka, Léna
Romanian	Ileana, Ilena, Ilinca
Finnish	Helena, Ilona, Leena
Maltese	Elenia
Russian	Aliona, Alyona, Jelena, Lenia, Lenja, Lenya
Greek	Eleni, Eléni, Elenie, Lenio
Slavic	Alenka, Jela
Icelandic	Elín
Armenian	Elen
Georgian	Elene

Name variants:

50 female name variants, sorted by name and gender

Name	Languages of Use
Alenka	Slavic
Aliona	Russian
Alyona	Russian
Elaina	English
Elaine	English
Élaine	French
Elayna	English
Elen	Armenian
Elena	Spanish, Italian
Eléna	French
Elene	Georgian
Eleni	Greek
Eléni	Greek
Elenia	Maltese
Elenie	Greek
Elin	Scandinavian
Elín	Icelandic
Elina	Scandinavian
Elle	English
Ellen	English
Helen	English
Helena	German, Portuguese, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Polish
Helene	German, Scandinavian
Hélène	French
Hellen	English
Ileana	Romanian
Ilena	Romanian
Ilinca	Romanian
Ilka	Hungarian
Ilke	Hungarian
Illona	German, French, English
Ilona	German, Finnish, Hungarian
Ilonka	German, Hungarian
Jela	Slavic
Jelena	Russian
Jelka	Hungarian
Lainey	English
Laney	English
Leena	Finnish
Lena	German, Scandinavian
Léna	Hungarian
Leni	German
Lenia	Russian
Lenio	Greek
Lenja	Russian
Lenka	Polish, Czech
Lenna	Estonian
Leny	German
Lenya	Russian
Nelli	German