Helena (first name)
Helena is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
Helena is the Latinized form of the Greek name Ἑλένη (Helénē) . The meaning often given is “the sun-like, the radiant, the beautiful”, but this is more likely a faulty derivation from the name of the sun god Helios. But this is written ´Ηλιως, while Helena Ελένη. The figure of Greek mythology, Helena, is known for its spread . Other forms are also Helenia or Elenia, later also Ilenia or Ylenia.
Name days
variants
- Aline , Alena , Alenka , Alina , Aljona , Alyona
- Eileen , Élaine , Elena , Eleni , Ellena , Elina , Eliane, Elin , Ella , Ellah , Ellen , Ena (but these also partly refer to Eleonore , Eleonora), Elaina (short form), Laina
- Helen , Helene , Helin , Heli , Heley , Heliane , Hella , Hely , Hêlîn
- Ilona , Ilka (nickname of Ilona), Ilonka , Inka
- Jelena , Jelka , Jela
- Lena, Leni (also from Magdalena ), Lenka , Lenja , Lenya , Leli , Leena , Loina
- Nel , Nele , Nelly , Nene
- Olena
- Ylène , Ylenia
- Ελένη , Έλενα (Greek)
Well-known namesake
Single name
- Helena (mother of Constantine the Great) (* 248/250; † 330), mother of Constantine the Great
- Helen of Egypt (4th century BC), ancient painter
- Helena (daughter of Constantine the Great) († 360), daughter of Constantine the Great and later Julian's wife
- Helen of Caernarfon , Welsh saint and legendary figure (Welsh: Elen Luyddawg )
- Helena (Gnosis) , a companion of the magician Simon Magus in some of the Gnosis- influenced stories
- Helena of Denmark (* around 1180; † 1233), heiress of Garding and by marriage Duchess of Lüneburg
- Helena of Austria (1543–1574), Archduchess of Austria and co-founder and nun of the women's monastery in Hall in Tirol
- Helena of Great Britain and Ireland (1846–1923), fifth child of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Prince Albert
- Helena Antonia (1550–1595), Belgian bearded court dwarf
- Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870–1948), member of the British royal family and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria
- Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg , by marrying Princess of Denmark
First name
- Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–1891), American occultist of German-Russian origin
- Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), British actress
- Helena Christensen (* 1968), Danish photo model
- Helena Ekholm (* 1984), Swedish biathlete
- Helena Fibingerová (* 1949), Czech shot putter
- Helena Jansson (* 1985), Swedish orienteer
- Helena Johnová (1884–1962), Czech ceramist and sculptor
- Helena Josefsson (* 1978), Swedish singer and songwriter
- Helena Mikulíková (* 1987), Slovak national soccer player
- Helena Noguerra (* 1969), Belgian singer, actress and writer
- Helena Rapaport (* 1994), Swedish ski racer
- Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), American cosmetics entrepreneur, pioneer of cosmetics development and patron
- Helena Suková (* 1965), Czech tennis player
- Helena Vondráčková (* 1947), Czech singer and actress