Helen

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• /ˈhɛlən/
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From French Hélène, from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Elaine.

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: Հեղինե (Heġine) — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Catalan: Helena — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• French: Hélène — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Galician: Helena — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• German: Helena — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Greek: Ελένη (Eléni) — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη (Helénē) — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Hungarian: Helené — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Italian: Elena — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Latin: Helena — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Polish: Helena — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Portuguese: Helena — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Russian: Еле́на (Jeléna) — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Spanish: Helena — (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda
• Arabic: هِيلِين (hīlin) — female given name
• Arabic: هِيلِين (helen) — female given name
• Armenian: Հեղինե (Heġine) — female given name
• Old Armenian: Հեղինէ (Hełinē) — female given name
• Belarusian: Але́на (Aljéna) — female given name
• Breton: Elen — female given name
• Breton: Lena — female given name
• Bulgarian: Еле́на (Eléna) — female given name
• Catalan: Helena — female given name
• Catalan: Elena — female given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 海倫 /海伦 (Hǎilún) — female given name
• Czech: Helena — female given name
• Danish: Helene — female given name
• Dutch: Eliene — female given name
• Dutch: Leen — female given name
• Esperanto: Heleno — female given name
• Estonian: Helena — female given name
• Finnish: Helena — female given name
• French: Hélène — female given name
• Old French: Helaine — female given name
• Galician: Helena — female given name
• Georgian: ელენე (elene) — female given name
• German: Helene — female given name
• Greek: Ελένη (Eléni) — female given name
• Greek: Έλενα (Élena) — female given name
• Greenlandic: Helene — female given name
• Greenlandic: Iiliit — female given name
• Gujarati: હેલેન (helen) — female given name
• Hawaiian: Helena — female given name
• Hebrew: הִילְנִי (heléni) — female given name
• Hungarian: Ilona — female given name
• Hungarian: Helén — female given name
• Hungarian: Heléna — female given name
• Icelandic: Elín — female given name
• Icelandic: Helena — female given name
• Ingrian: Jelena — female given name
• Ingrian: Olena — female given name
• Inuktitut: ᐦᐄᓕᓐ (hiilin) — female given name
• Irish: Léan — female given name
• Italian: Elena — female given name
• Japanese: ヘレン (Heren) — female given name
• Korean: 헬레나 (Hellena) — female given name
• Korean: 헬렌 (Hellen) — female given name
• Latvian: Helēna — female given name
• Lithuanian: Elena — female given name
• Marathi: हेलेन (helen) — female given name
• Norwegian Bokmål: Helene — female given name
• Occitan: Elena — female given name
• Occitan: Alena — female given name
• Persian: هلن (helen) — female given name
• Polish: Helena — female given name
• Portuguese: Elena — female given name
• Portuguese: Helena — female given name
• Romanian: Ileana — female given name
• Russian: Еле́на (Jeléna) — female given name
• Russian: Алёна (Aljóna) — female given name
• Russian: Хе́лен (Xɛ́len) — female given name
• Scottish Gaelic: Eilidh — female given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Јелена — female given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Хелена — female given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Jelena — female given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Helena — female given name
• Sicilian: Èlina — female given name
• Slovak: Helena — female given name
• Slovene: Helena — female given name
• Spanish: Elena — female given name
• Swedish: Helena — female given name
• Turkish: Aleyna — female given name
• Ukrainian: Оле́на (Oléna) — female given name
• Ukrainian: Альона (Alʹona) — female given name
• Ukrainian: Еліна — female given name
• Vietnamese: Hêlêna — female given name
• Vietnamese: Êlêna — female given name
• Vietnamese: Hà Liên — female given name
• Yakut: Олооно (Oloono) — female given name