Helene

See also: Hélène and Heléne

English

Etymology

From French Hélène and from German Helene. A variant of the English Helen.

Proper noun

Helene

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1973 Toni Morrison, Sula, Penguin 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.

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Danish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Helene

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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.

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Helene

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a female given name.

Related terms

• Elena, Ellen, Helena, Lena

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Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heˈle.ne/, [hɛˈlɛ.nɛ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek [Term?]

Proper noun

1. Greece
2. Greek person

Verb

1. (stative) Greek

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Helen and Helene.

Proper noun

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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

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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

1. Helen

References

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

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Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Helene

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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.

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Helene c (genitive Helenes)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a female given name.

Usage notes

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