English

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, USA
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

Catalan

Proper noun

Helena f

1. Helena

Czech

Proper noun

Helena f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Helen.

Related terms

• Ilona f

Danish

Etymology

A Latinate variant of Danish Helene ‎(“Helen”).

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦeˈleːnɑ/

Proper noun

Helena ?

1. A female given name, a Latinate variant of Heleen (=Helen).

Related terms

• Heleen, Leen

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

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

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

Related terms

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

German

Etymology

Latinate variant of German Helene ‎(“Helen”).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.

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.

Norwegian

Etymology

Latinate variant of Norwegian Helene ‎(“Helen”).

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛˈlɛn̪a/

Proper noun

Helena f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Helen.

Declension

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

Slovak

Proper noun

Helena f

1. A female given name.

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
• 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.

Esperanto

Adjective

helena ‎(accusative singular helenan, plural helenaj, accusative plural helenajn)

1. Hellenic

See also

• greka

Spanish

Adjective

helena

1. feminine singular of heleno