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Гелена
“the shining light”
Гелена (Helena) is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Pannonian Rusyn.
Belarusian and rsk and rueWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Helena.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Гелена is Helena written in Cyrillic. In German use, Helena has a related form in Lena. In German use, Lena carries the interpretation “the shining light.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Гелена comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Гелена developed from Helena. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Гелена developed from Ἑλένη.
Гелена’s family of names
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Гелена developed from the Latin form Helena. In Belarusian usage, Гелена has a transliteration in GELENA. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Гелена can be written in the Roman alphabet as Helena.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Гелена has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Гелена comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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