Given name & surname
Helén
Helén is a feminine given name. It is used in Swedish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Helén is a form of Helena. Helena comes from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Helén’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Helén has a conventional equivalent in the English form Helen. In Swedish usage, Helén has a related form in Helena.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Helén
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