Given name & surname
Hélène
Hélène is a feminine given name from French. It is used in French and Swedish.
Original FrenchÉlaine
Meaning & origin
Hélène’s family of names
In French usage, Hélène shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form ELINNE. In French usage, Hélène has a conventional equivalent in the English form Helen. In French usage, Hélène has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Elena.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hélène has relatives in 35 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 41
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ElenaItalian, Spanish
- LenaOccitan, Breton
- HelenaPortuguese, Spanish
- Helenderivative · English
- Alenaequivalent
- Eleniequivalent
- Ellenequivalent
- Leenaequivalent
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- Yelenaequivalent
- LeenDutch
- ElinFaroese
- IleanaRomanian
- Helenederivative · Swedish, Estonian
- IlonaHungarian
- JelenaCroatian
- Olenaequivalent
- Ellinaequivalent
- ElenWelsh, Breton
- Lenkaequivalent
- Alenkaequivalent
- Jelaequivalent
- Leneequivalent
- ElieneDutch
- HelaineOld French
- Էլենborrowing · Armenian
- Elinnecognate · Walloon
- Heleenederivative · Estonian
- Јеленаequivalent
- Helénaequivalent
- Jeļenaequivalent
- Lenuțaequivalent
- Lénaequivalent
- Lenkeequivalent
- Helkaequivalent
- ЄленаUkrainian
- ОленаUkrainian
- ХеленаSerbian
- ЕленаRussian, Bulgarian
- HelēnaLatvian
- ΕλένηGreek
- هَيْلَانَةُArabic
People named Hélène
- Hélène CixousFrench philosopher and writerborn 1937
- Elena PoniatowskaFrench-born Mexican journalist and authorborn 1932
- Hélène GrimaudFrench pianistborn 1969
- Hélène Carrère d'EncausseFrench historian and politician (1929–2023)
- Princess Hélène of OrléansPrincess of France1871–1951
- Hélène AhrweilerGreek/French Byzantinist (1926–2026)
- Hélène SégaraFrench singerborn 1971
- Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-SchwerinFrench Crown Princess (1814-1858)
- Saint Helen of SerbiaSerbian queen1237–1314
Characters named Hélène: Hélène Kuragina (War and Peace).
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