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What does Helena mean?
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
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(female)
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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)
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.
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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