Helena
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A Latinate form of Helen, from Latin Helena.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuſe: / My loue, my life, my ſoule, faire Helena.
- The capital city of Montana, United States and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County.
- A city in Alabama.
- A city in Arkansas.
- A town in Oklahoma.
- A village in Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Mississippi.
- A hamlet in New York.
- A ghost town in Texas.
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena f
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English Helena, from Latin Helena.
Proper noun[edit]
Helena
- a female given name from Latin
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena f
- A female given name, equivalent to English Helen.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Helena in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- Helena in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A Latinate variant of Danish Helene (“Helen”).
Proper noun[edit]
Helena
- A female given name.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena f
- A female given name, a Latinate variant of Heleen (=Helen).
Related terms[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Jelena.
Proper noun[edit]
Helena
- A female given name, equivalent to English Helen.
Related terms[edit]
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen.
Proper noun[edit]
Helena f
- A female given name
Usage notes[edit]
Matronymics
- son of Helena: Helenuson
- daughter of Helena: Helenudóttir
Declension[edit]
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Helena |
Accusative | Helenu |
Dative | Helenu |
Genitive | Helenu |
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen. Doublet of Elina, Helinä, Elena, and Jelena.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena
- A female given name.
- 1984 Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, 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, 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?
- 1984 Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, page 55:
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Helena (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Possessive forms of Helena (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Helenani | Helenamme |
2nd person | Helenasi | Helenanne |
3rd person | Helenansa |
Related terms[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latinate variant of German Helene (“Helen”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena
- A female given name
Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena
- A female given name from English.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena f
- A female given name
Declension[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena f (genitive Helenae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Helena | Helenae |
Genitive | Helenae | Helenārum |
Dative | Helenae | Helenīs |
Accusative | Helenam | Helenās |
Ablative | Helenā | Helenīs |
Vocative | Helena | Helenae |
Descendants[edit]
- Eastern Romance:
- Italian: Elena
- Old French: Elene, Elaine
- → English: Elaine
- Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
- 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
- → 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
- → 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[edit]
“Helena”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Norwegian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latinate variant of Norwegian Helene (“Helen”).
Proper noun[edit]
Helena
- A female given name.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena f
- A female given name, equivalent to English Helen.
Declension[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena f
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen
Slovak[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Helena f (genitive Heleny, nominative plural Heleny, declension pattern of žena)
- A female given name.
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Helena in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen. First recorded in Sweden in the 12th century.
Proper noun[edit]
Helena c (genitive Helenas)
- A female given name.
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] 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.
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- en:Cities in Montana, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:State capitals of the United States
- en:County seats of Montana, USA
- en:Places in Montana, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Cities in Alabama, USA
- en:Places in Alabama, USA
- en:Cities in Arkansas, USA
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
- en:Towns in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Villages in Ohio, USA
- en:Villages in the United States
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Mississippi, USA
- en:Villages in New York, USA
- en:Places in New York, USA
- en:Ghost towns in Texas, USA
- en:Places in Texas, USA
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- Rhymes:Finnish/elenɑ
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