Helene

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Proper noun 1.1.1 Quotations 2 Danish 2.1 Proper noun 2.1.1 Related terms 3 German 3.1 Proper noun 3.1.1 Related terms 4 Hawaiian 4.1 Proper noun 4.1.1 Related terms 4.2 References 5 Norwegian 5.1 Proper noun 5.1.1 Related terms 6 Swedish 6.1 Proper noun

[edit] English

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Singular Helene

Plural -

Helene

1. A female given name, a variant of Helen borrowed from French Hélène or from German Helene.

[edit] Quotations

• 1973 Toni Morrison, Sula, Penguin 1973, ISBN 0452283868, page 18:

  She lost only one battle - the pronunciation of her name. The people in Bottom refused to say Helene. They called her Helen Wright and left it at that.

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[edit] Danish

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Helene

1. A female given name, cognate to Helen.

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• Elin, Ellen, Helen, Helena, Lena, Lene.

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[edit] German

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Helene

1. A female given name, cognate to Helen.

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• Elena, Ellen, Helena, Lena

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[edit] Hawaiian

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Helene

1. Greece
2. A female given name derived from English Helen.

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• (given names) Helena, ʻElena

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• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 185
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records The name does not occur as a mononym in 19th century marriage records. Early examples:

  Helene Piko, married in 1892, Molokai

  Helene Wainee, married in 1900, Honolulu

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[edit] Norwegian

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Helene

1. A female given name, cognate to Helen.

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• Eli, Elin, Eline, Ellen, Helen, Helena, Lena, Lene

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[edit] Swedish

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Helene

1. A female given name, variant of Helena ( =Helen) ; sometimes spelled with accents as Hélène, Helène or Heléne.