Helena

See also: helena and Helēna

English

Etymology

A Latinate form of Helen, from Latin Helena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlənə/

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 city of the state of Montana in the United States of America.
3. A city in Alabama.
4. A city in Arkansas.
5. A city in Georgia in the United States.
6. A census-designated place in Mississippi.
7. A hamlet in New York.
8. A village in Ohio.
9. A town in Oklahoma.
10. A ghost town in Texas.

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Catalan

Proper noun

Helena f

1. Helena

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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^(key): /ɦeˈleːnɑ/

• Audio

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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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Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen.

Proper noun

Helena f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Helena: Helenuson
• daughter of Helena: Helenudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Helena
Accusative	Helenu
Dative	Helenu
Genitive	Helenu

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Finnish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhelenɑ]
• Hyphenation: He‧le‧na

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.
   • 1984 Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, ISBN 951-30-6142-6, page 55:

     Se ei koskaan unohtanut Helenan nimipäivää, vaan päivitteli joka vuosi typerään tapaansa että Helena oli niitä nimiä jotka sukupolvesta toiseen säilyttivät asemansa. Aika oudosti sanottu Maggi-tädiltä. No, olihan noita Helenoita.

   • 1991 Orvokki Kangas, Marraslapsi, Karisto, ISBN 951-617-968-1, page 17:

     Eeva kysyi Matiakselta, tuntuisiko tästä turhamaiselta tai herraskaiselta, jos lapsen kutsumanimeksi pantaisiin Helena. Hän kertoi myös kotikylän nimikkokukasta. Hänen rakkautensa kukkaan oli saanut alkunsa Helenan tarinasta.

     —Aivan hyvä nimi, sanoi Matias, —sopisikohan siihen vielä Loviisa-äidin nimi?

Declension

Inflection of Helena (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Helena	Helenat
genitive		Helenan	Helenoiden Helenoitten
partitive		Helenaa	Helenoita
illative		Helenaan	Helenoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Helena	Helenat
accusative	nom.	Helena	Helenat
	gen.	Helenan
genitive		Helenan	Helenoiden Helenoitten Helenainrare
partitive		Helenaa	Helenoita
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

Related terms

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

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German

Etymology

Latinate variant of German Helene (“Helen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛˌlɛna]

• Audio (Austria)

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• Hyphenation: He‧le‧na

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.

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Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowing 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^(key): /xɛˈlɛn̪a/

• Audio

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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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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Elena

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ˈle.nɐ/

Proper noun

Helena f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Helen

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛlɛna/

Proper noun

Helena f (genitive Heleny, nominative plural Heleny) declension pattern žena

1. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Helena

	singular	plural
nominative	Helena	Heleny
genitive	Heleny	Helien
dative	Helene	Helenám
accusative	Helenu	Heleny
locative	Helene	Helenách
instrumental	Helenou	Helenami

Derived terms

• Helenka, Helenôčka
• Hela, Helka
• Heluša, Heluška
• Ela, Elka
• Eluša, Eluška

Further reading

• Helena in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), 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.