Helena
[həˈleɪ.nə]Meaning
Latinate form of Helen
Background Story
Helena is the Latinate form of Helen. It is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well, written in 1603. The name is used in Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Bulgarian, French, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian and Latvian. Related forms include Elena, Helene, Ellen and Lena.
Variations
Elena, Eleanor
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Helene
Ancient Greek form of Helen; also modern Scandinavian and German
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