Helena

Etymology

A Latinate form of Helen, from Latin Helena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlənə/

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name..
   • c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. As it Hath Beene Sundry Times Publikely Acted, by the Right Honourable, the Lord Chamberlaine his Seruants, [London]: Printed by Iames Roberts, published 1600, OCLC 35186948, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Stay gentle Helena, heare my excuſe: / My loue, my life, my ſoule, faire Helena.

2. The capital city of the state of Montana in the United States of America, and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County.
3. A city in Alabama.
4. A city in Phillips County, Arkansas; see also Helena-West Helena.
5. A city in Telfair County, Georgia, USA, part of McRae-Helena since 2015.
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.

Anagrams

• Lehane, anhele

Proper noun

Helena f

1. Helena

Proper noun

Helena f

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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦeˈleːnɑ/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Helena ?

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

Proper noun

Helena

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

Etymology

Ultimately, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen.

Proper noun

Helena f

1. A female given name.

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, 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?

Etymology

Latinate variant of German Helene (“Helen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛˌlɛna]

• Audio (Austria)

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• Hyphenation: He‧le‧na

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name..

Etymology

Borrowed from English Helen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heˈle.na/, [hɛˈlɛnə]

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name..

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.

Alternative forms

• Helene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.le.na/, [ˈhɛ.ɫɛ.na]

Proper noun

Helena f (genitive Helenae); first declension

1. Helen

References

Helena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology

Latinate variant of Norwegian Helene (“Helen”).

Proper noun

Helena

1. A female given name..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛˈlɛ.na/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Helena f

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

Alternative forms

• Elena

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛlɛna/

Proper noun

Helena f (genitive Heleny, nominative plural Heleny) declension pattern žena

1. A female given name..

Further reading

• Helena in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē), cognate with English Helen. First recorded in Sweden in the 12th century.

Proper noun

Helena c (genitive Helenas)

1. A female given name..

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• 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.