Helena

== English == === Etymology === A Latinate form of Helen, borrowed from Latin Helena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛlənə/ IPA(key): (esp. Southern US) /hɛˈliːnə/ === Proper noun === Helena A female given name from Ancient Greek. A transliteration of the Pannonian Rusyn female given name Гелена (Helena), equivalent to Helen. A number of places in the United States: The capital city of Montana, and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. A city in Jefferson County and Shelby County, Alabama. A city in Helena-West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas. A ghost town in Trinity County, California. A former city in Georgia, now part of McRae-Helena. An unincorporated community in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. A township in Antrim County, Michigan. An unincorporated community in Sand Beach Township, Huron County, Michigan. An unincorporated community in Turin Township, Marquette County, Michigan. A township in Scott County, Minnesota. A census-designated place in Jackson County, Mississippi. An unincorporated community in Andrew County, Missouri. A hamlet in the town of Brasher, St. Lawrence County, New York. A village in Sandusky Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. A town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. A census-designated place in Newberry County, South Carolina. A ghost town in Karnes County, Texas. An unincorporated community in the town of Arena, Iowa County, Wisconsin. A village in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Lehane, anhele == Catalan == === Proper noun === Helena f Helena == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English Helena, from Latin Helena. === Proper noun === Helena a female given name from Latin == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦɛlɛna] === Proper noun === Helena f a female given name, equivalent to English Helen ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== See Helén === Further reading === “Helena”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “Helena”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === A Latinate variant of Danish Helene (“Helen”). === Proper noun === Helena a female given name == Dutch == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦeːˈleːnaː/ Hyphenation: He‧le‧na === Proper noun === Helena f a female given name, a Latinate variant of Heleen (=Helen) ==== Related terms ==== Heleen, Leen == Estonian == === Etymology === From Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Jelena. === Proper noun === Helena a female given name, equivalent to English Helen ==== Related terms ==== Heleene, Elina, Elle, Ellen, Hele, Helen, Heleri, Heli, Helina, Helle, Ilona == Faroese == === Etymology === Ultimately, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen. === Proper noun === Helena f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Helena: Helenuson daughter of Helena: Helenudóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen. Doublet of Elina, Helinä, Elena, and Jelena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhelenɑ/, [ˈhe̞le̞nɑ̝] Rhymes: -elenɑ Syllabification(key): He‧le‧na Hyphenation(key): He‧le‧na === Proper noun === Helena a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Elina, Ellen, Elli, Heleena, Heli, Helinä, Helli, Hellin, Ilona, Leena ==== Statistics ==== Helena is the 54th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 11,952 female individuals (and as a middle name to 106,122 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 male individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. == German == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Helena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛlena/, [ˈhɛ.le.na], [ˈhɛ.lə.na] Hyphenation: He‧le‧na === Proper noun === Helena f (proper noun, genitive Helenas or (with an article) Helena) (Greek mythology) Helen a female given name of rare usage, variant of Helene == Hawaiian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Helen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heˈle.na/, [hɛˈlɛ.nə] === Proper noun === Helena a female given name from English ==== Related terms ==== ʻElena Helene === References === Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 185 Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Helena occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women. == Icelandic == === Proper noun === Helena f (proper noun, genitive singular Helenu) a female given name ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === Helene === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ.ɫɛ.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.le.na] === Proper noun === Helena f (genitive Helenae); first declension Helen ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Eastern Romance: Romanian: Ileana→ Italian: Ileana→ Spanish: Ileana Italian: Elena Old French: Elene, Elaine → English: Elaine Old Galician-Portuguese: Portuguese: Elena, Helena Old Spanish: Spanish: Elena Sardinian: Elene From Italian and Spanish Elena → English: Elena → Czech: Elena → Danish: Elena → Finnish: Elena → German: Elena → Latvian: Elēna, Elena → Norwegian: Elena → Swedish: Elena Medieval borrowings → Danish: Elin → English: Ellen→ Hawaiian: ʻElena → Faroese: Elin → Finnish: Elina, Eliina → Hungarian: Ilona→ Czech: Ilona→ Estonian: Ilona→ Finnish: Ilona→ German: Ilona→ Latvian: Ilona→ Lithuanian: Ilona→ Polish: Ilona→ Russian: Илона (Ilona)→ Ukrainian: Ілона (Ilona) → Irish: Léan → Latvian: Elīna → Lithuanian: Elena → Norwegian: Elin → Swedish: Elin, Elina → Welsh: Elen Modern borrowings → Alemannic German: Helene → Basque: Helena → Breton: Elena → Catalan: Helena → Czech: Helena → Danish: Helena, Helene → Dutch: Helena, Heleen → English: Helena → English: Helen → Estonian: Helena, Helina → Faroese: Helena → Finnish: Helena → French: Hélène→ Armenian: Էլեն (Ēlen)→ English: Helen→ Swedish: Hélène → German: Helena, Helene → Greek: Ελενα (Elena) → Hungarian: Heléna, Helené → Karelian: Heta → Latvian: Helēna → Lithuanian: Helenė → Northern Sami: Helená, Heleainná → Norwegian: Helena, Helene → Polish: Helena → Portuguese: Helena → Romanian: Elena → Spanish: Helena → Slovak: Helena, Elena → Slovene: Helena → Swedish: Helena, Helene → Yiddish: העלענע (Helene) === References === “Helena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Norwegian == === Etymology === Latinate variant of Norwegian Helene (“Helen”). === Proper noun === Helena a female given name == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Helena. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xɛˈlɛ.na/ Rhymes: -ɛna Syllabification: He‧le‧na Homophone: helena === Proper noun === Helena f (diminutive Helenka or Hela) (countable) a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Helen (uncountable, Greek mythology) Helen (goddess worshipped in Laconia and Rhodes) (uncountable, Greek mythology) Helen (daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War) (uncountable, astronomy) Helene (moon of Saturn) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Helena in Polish dictionaries at PWN Helena in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Elena === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: He‧le‧na === Proper noun === Helena f (plural Helenas) a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen ==== Derived terms ==== Lena == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɛlɛna/ === Proper noun === Helena f (genitive singular Heleny, nominative plural Heleny, declension pattern of žena) a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Helenka, Helenôčka Hela, Helka Heluša, Heluška Ela, Elka Eluša, Eluška === Further reading === “Helena”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen. First recorded in Sweden in the 12th century. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Helena c (genitive Helenas) a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Elin, Elina, Ellen, Elna, Helen, Helén, Helene, Hélène, Lena === References === Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 82 717 females with the given name Helena living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.