Helene

See also: Heléne, Helené, Hélène, Helenė, and Helenę

English

Etymology

From French Hélène and from German Helene. Doublet of Helen, Helena, and Elaine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛlˈiːn/

• Audio (General American):

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Proper noun

Helene (countable and uncountable, plural Helenes)

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Penguin, published 1973, →ISBN, page 18:

     She lost only one battle - the pronunciation of her name. The people in Bottom refused to say Helene. They called her Helen Wright and left it at that.

2. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.

Proper noun

Helene

1. a female given name
2. (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

Related terms

• Elin, Ellen, Helen, Helena, Lena, Lene

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 26 376 females with the given name Helene have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Estonian

Etymology

From French Hélène and from German Helene.

Proper noun

Helene (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek

Related terms

• Heleene, Elina, Elle, Ellen, Hele, Helen, Heleri, Heli, Helina, Helle, Ilona

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heˈleːnə/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Hellene (one pronunciation)

Proper noun

Helene f (proper noun, genitive Helenes or (with an article) Helene)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

Related terms

• Elena, Ellen, Helena, Ilona, Lena, Lene

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heˈle.ne/, [hɛˈlɛ.nɛ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).

Proper noun

Helene

1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
2. Greek person

Verb

Helene

1. (stative) Greek

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Helen and Helene.

Proper noun

Helene

1. a female given name from English

Related terms

• Helena
• ʻElena

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 185
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records The name does not occur as a mononym in 19th century marriage records. Early examples:

  Helene Piko, married in 1892, Molokai

  Helene Wainee, married in 1900, Honolulu

Latin

Alternative forms

• Helena

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.le.neː/, [ˈhɛɫ̪ɛneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.le.ne/, [ˈɛːlene]

Proper noun

Helenē f (genitive Helenēs); first declension

1. Helen

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Helenē	Helenae
Genitive	Helenēs	Helenārum
Dative	Helenae	Helenīs
Accusative	Helenēn	Helenās
Ablative	Helenē	Helenīs
Vocative	Helenē	Helenae

References

“Helenē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Norwegian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.

Proper noun

Helene

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Eli, Elin, Eline, Ellen, Helen, Helena, Lena, Lene

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 708 females with the given name Helene living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 1880s and the 1990s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

From French Hélène. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1810. Variant of Helena (“Helen”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Helene c (genitive Helenes)

1. a female given name

Usage notes

• Spelled with various accents as Hélène, Heléne, Helène, etc.