Meaning and origin
Helena is a Latin girl name. The meaning of the name is `Torch`.
Where is it used? The name Helena is mainly used in German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish and in Finnish.
How do they say it elsewhere? Elen (In Welsh) Olena (In Ukrainian) Eilidh (In Scottish) Ileana (In Romanian) Jelena (In Latvian and in Serbian) Elena (In Italian, Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian and in Romanian) Léan (In Irish) Ilona (In Hungarian and in Finnish) Helene (In German) Hélene (In French) Elina (In Finnish) Eliina (In Finnish) Helen (In English) Elaine (In English) Eleanor (In English) Ellen (In English)
If it's too long people might use In Scandinavian, German and in Russian: Lena In German: Lene
See also In Hungarian: Ilka (F) In Hungarian: Ili (F) In Hungarian: Ilonka (F) In German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech and in Polish: Magdalena In German: Leni (F)
Extra information: Alternative meanings ( ) Also Dutch, Finnish, German, Portuguese, Scandinavian
What Helena`s say about their name
The best thing about the name Helena: I love the meaning, the way it sounds and how it fits me perfectly.
The worst thing about the name: Everyone pronounces it differently but I've gotten used to it.
If my name wasn`t Helena....: I'd have it changed to Helena.
Extra information: Sometimes if I don't introduce myself loud enough, people think my name is Anna or Elena
The best thing about the name Helena: its very unique :)
The worst thing about the name: everyone pronounces it differently!
If my name wasn`t Helena....: My name fits me perfectly, its beautiful, rare and i couldnt imagine being named anything else
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Helena: No one else has the name
The worst thing about the name: Everyone Says it wrong!!!
If my name wasn`t Helena....:
Helena appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 535.. 1880 was a `top year` for the name Helena. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #198. Our records go back to 1880