Helena

See also helena, and Helēna

English

Etymology

A Latinate form of Helen.

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III: Scene 2:

     Stay, gentle Helena! hear my excuse: / My love, my life, my soul, fair Helena!

2. The capital of the state of Montana.

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Czech

Proper noun

Helena f.

1. A female given name, cognate to English Helen.

Related terms

• Ilona f.

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Danish

Etymology

A Latinate variant of Danish Helene (“Helen”).

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /heˈleːnɑ/

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name, a Latinate variant of Heleen (=Helen).

Related terms

• Heleen, Leen

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Estonian

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name, cognate to English Helen.

Related terms

• Elina, Elle, Ellen, Hele, Helen, Heleri, Heli, Helina, Helle, Ilona

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈhelenɑ]
• Hyphenation: He‧le‧na

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name, cognate to English Helen.

Declension

Declension of Helena (type kulkija) singular plural nominative Helena Helenat genitive Helenan Helenoiden Helenoitten Helenain1 partitive Helenaa Helenoita accusative Helena Helenan Helenat inessive Helenassa Helenoissa elative Helenasta Helenoista illative Helenaan Helenoihin adessive Helenalla Helenoilla ablative Helenalta Helenoilta allative Helenalle Helenoille essive Helenana Helenoina translative Helenaksi Helenoiksi instructive – Helenoin abessive Helenatta Helenoitta comitative – Helenoineen 1) Rare.

Related terms

• Elina, Ellen, Elli, Heleena, Heli, Helinä, Helli, Hellin, Ilona, Leena.

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German

Etymology

Latinate variant of German Helene (“Helen”).

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From English Helen.

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.

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.

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Norwegian

Etymology

Latinate variant of Norwegian Helene (“Helen”).

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xɛˈlɛn̪a/

Proper noun

Helena f.

1. A female given name, cognate to English Helen.

Declension

    declension of Helena

	singular	plural
nominative	Helena	Heleny
genitive	Heleny	Helen
dative	Helenie	Helenom
accusative	Helenę	Heleny
instrumental	Heleną	Helenami
locative	Helenie	Helenach
vocative	Heleno	Heleny

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Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helenē), cognate with English Helen. First recorded in Sweden in the 12th century.

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Elin, Elina, Ellen, Elna, Helen, Helén, Helene, Hélène, Lena

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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.