Helena - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Helena \he-le-na\ is a variant of Eleanor (Greek) and Helen (Greek), and the meaning of Helena is "sun ray, shining light". See also Jelena and Lena.

The baby name Helena sounds like Helene, Hellena, Helenna, Heleena and Helana. Other similar baby names are Celena, Selena, Delena and Yelena.

Helena is a very common first name for women (#594 out of 4276) and a slightly less common last name for both men and women (#63414 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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