Helle
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Helle
- (Greek mythology) A daughter of king Athamas, who, together with her brother Phrixus, fled from their stepmother Ino to Colchis on a golden ram. On their way, she fell from its back and was drowned in the strait called, after her, Hellespont.
- A female given name from Greek.
Translations
[edit]daughter of Athamas
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a diminutive of Helga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Helle
- a female given name
References
[edit]- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 37 673 females with the given name Helle have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- (Beekdaelen) First attested as Helle in 1803-1820. Derived from either helle (“lowland, marshland”) or a deformation of *helde (“slope, incline”). See also Limburgish G'n Hèl.
- (Gulpen-Wittem) First attested as Hölle in 1803-1820. Likely derived from helle (“lowland, marshland”). A derivation from *helde (“slope, incline”) is less likely when the oldest attestation of the toponym is taken into account.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Helle n
- a hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands
- a hamlet in Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlands
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of Helena (“Helen”) also associated with hell (“tender”); comparable to Finnish Hellä.
Proper noun
[edit]Helle
- a female given name
Finnish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Partially variants of Hella, partially from helle as a relatively recent surname adopted during Finnicization of surnames in the early 20th century.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhelːeˣ/, [ˈhe̞lːe̞(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -elːe
- Syllabification(key): Hel‧le
- Hyphenation(key): Hel‧le
Proper noun
[edit]Helle
- a Finnish surname
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Helle (Kotus type 48*I/hame, lt-ll gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Helle | Helteet | |
| genitive | Helteen | Helteiden Helteitten | |
| partitive | Hellettä | Helteitä | |
| illative | Helteeseen | Helteisiin Helteihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Helle | Helteet | |
| accusative | nom. | Helle | Helteet |
| gen. | Helteen | ||
| genitive | Helteen | Helteiden Helteitten | |
| partitive | Hellettä | Helteitä | |
| inessive | Helteessä | Helteissä | |
| elative | Helteestä | Helteistä | |
| illative | Helteeseen | Helteisiin Helteihin | |
| adessive | Helteellä | Helteillä | |
| ablative | Helteeltä | Helteiltä | |
| allative | Helteelle | Helteille | |
| essive | Helteenä | Helteinä | |
| translative | Helteeksi | Helteiksi | |
| abessive | Helteettä | Helteittä | |
| instructive | — | Heltein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
[edit]- Helle is the 1064th (tied with 2 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 804 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Helle
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of Helle (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Helle | Hellet | |
| genitive | Hellen | Hellejen | |
| partitive | Helleä | Hellejä | |
| illative | Helleen | Helleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Helle | Hellet | |
| accusative | nom. | Helle | Hellet |
| gen. | Hellen | ||
| genitive | Hellen | Hellejen Hellein rare | |
| partitive | Helleä | Hellejä | |
| inessive | Hellessä | Helleissä | |
| elative | Hellestä | Helleistä | |
| illative | Helleen | Helleihin | |
| adessive | Hellellä | Helleillä | |
| ablative | Helleltä | Helleiltä | |
| allative | Hellelle | Helleille | |
| essive | Hellenä | Helleinä | |
| translative | Helleksi | Helleiksi | |
| abessive | Hellettä | Helleittä | |
| instructive | — | Hellein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Statistics
[edit]- Helle is the 1140th (tied with 6 other names) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 129 female individuals (and as a middle name to 98 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Nominalization of the adjective hell.
Noun
[edit]Helle n or f (mixed, genitive Helles or Helle, plural Hellen)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Helle [neuter // feminine, mixed]
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Helle f (genitive Helle, no plural)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Helle [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Helle” in Duden online
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɛl.leː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛl.le]
Proper noun
[edit]Hellē f sg (genitive Hellēs); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hellē |
| genitive | Hellēs |
| dative | Hellae |
| accusative | Hellēn |
| ablative | Hellē |
| vocative | Hellē |
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Helle
- a female given name
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛli
- Rhymes:English/ɛli/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Greek mythology
- English given names
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- English female given names from Greek
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛlə
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛlə/2 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Limburg, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːe
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːe/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish surnames
- Finnish hame-type nominals
- Finnish terms derived from Danish
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish nalle-type nominals
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German mixed nouns
- German neuter nouns
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- German nouns with multiple genders
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- German uncountable nouns
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- Norwegian terms borrowed from Danish
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