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Helene

Helene

See also: Hélène and Heléne

English

Proper noun

Helene

  1. A female given name.
    • 1973 Toni Morrison, Sula, Penguin 1973, ISBN 0452283868, page 18:
      She lost only one battle - the pronunciation of her name. The people in Bottom refused to say Helene. They called her Helen Wright and left it at that.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.

Proper noun

Helene

  1. A female given name.
  2. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Related terms

References

  • Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 26 376 females with the given name Helene have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.

Proper noun

Helene

  1. A female given name.

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Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Helene

  1. Greece
  2. Greek person

Verb

Helene

  1. (stative) Greek

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English Helen and Helene

Proper noun

Helene

  1. A female given name.
Related terms

References

  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 185
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records The name does not occur as a mononym in 19th century marriage records. Early examples:
    Helene Piko, married in 1892, Molokai
    Helene Wainee, married in 1900, Honolulu

Norwegian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.

Proper noun

Helene

  1. A female given name.

Related terms

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 708 females with the given name Helene living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 1880s and the 1990s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

From French Hélène. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1810. Variant of Helena (Helen).

Proper noun

Helene

  1. A female given name.

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