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Helena

What does Helena mean?

Helena Pronunciation of Helena as a name for girls is a Greek name, and the meaning of Helena is "other, foreign; sun ray". Helena is an alternate form of Eleanor (Old French, Old German). Helena is also a Latin form of Helen (Greek). See also Jelena, Lena

STARTS/ENDS WITH He-, -na

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, sun

Variations

VARIANTS Hellena, Helenna, Heleena, Helana, Helaina, Halina

OTHER FORMS VIA ELEANOR, HELEN Ailene, Alena, Alene, Elana, Elen, Elena, Eleni, Ellen, Ellene, Elna, Galina, Helaine, Heleanor, Heleen, Helenann, Helene, Helenora, Helenore, Helia, Hella, Hellen, Hellene, Hellenor, Hellia, Ileana, Ilene, Ilona, Jelena, Leana, Lena, Nelda, Yelena

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Helena Serenity (H.S.), ..

How popular is Helena?

Helena is a very popular first name for females (#594 out of 4276, Top 14%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#68360 out of 150436, Top 45%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Helena entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its peak position of #222 in the U.S. then, and is presently at #458. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Helena name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Helena outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Ailene, Alena (#736 FROM RECENT DATA), Alene, Elana (#1581), Eleanor (#32), Elena (#66), Eleni (#1726), Ellen (#770), Ellene, Elna, Helaine, Helen (#413), Helene, Hellen, Ileana (#1928), Ilene, Ilona, Leana, Lena (#301) and Nelda are the popular variation forms of Helena (#458) rated in the Top 2000. Usage of these relations of Helena was more pronounced among parents in the 1910s (MEDIAN #983) and has become significantly diminished since (#1429, 83% LESS USAGE). Eleanor has historically been popular among parents, though Elena has grown trendy as well, while versions like Hellen used to be popular.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Helena, Ailene, Alena, Alene, Elana in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Eleanor, Elena, Eleni, Ellen, Ellene in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Elna, Helaine, Helen, Helene, Hellen in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Ileana, Ilene, Ilona, Leana, Lena, Nelda in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Eleanor, Elena, Ellen, Lena outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Allena, Belen, Belenda, Belona, Ceilena, Celeena, Celena, Celene, Celenia, Celina, Celyna, Cerena, Colena, Dalena, Delana, Deleena, Delena, Delene, Ellena, Galena, Geena, Halea, Haleema, Haleima, Halima, Halma, Hedlea (see Hadley), Heledd, Helga, Helima, Helisa, Helma, Helmina, Hena, Heulwen, Hilma, Ilena, Jeena, Jelina, Jolena, Kalena, Keena, Kerena, Leena, Malena, Meena, Melana, Meleena, Melene, Melesa, Melina, Melvena, Milena, Neena, Olena, Orlena, Raelena, Salena, Selena, Selene, Selenia, Selenna, Selyna, Serena, Sylena, Teena, Terena, Tylena, Valena, Verena, Yalena, Zeena, Zelenia, Zelenya and Zelina. These names tend to be less commonly used than Helena.

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