Helene

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Helene

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

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  • [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

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Etymology

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From French Hélène and from German Helene.

Proper noun

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

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek
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German

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

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Proper noun

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

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Helen
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Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /heˈle.ne/, [hɛˈlɛ.nɛ]

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).

Proper noun

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Helene

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

Verb

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Helene

  1. (stative) Greek

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English Helen and Helene.

Proper noun

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Helene

  1. a female given name from English
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References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

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Proper noun

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Helenē f (genitive Helenēs); first declension

  1. Helen

Declension

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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

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

Norwegian

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Helene

  1. a female given name
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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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Helene c (genitive Helenes)

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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