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GirlPronounced German /ˈheː.le.na/; German /he.ˈleː.na/; Dutch /ɦeː.ˈleː.naː/; European Portuguese /ɨ.ˈle.nɐ/; Brazilian Portuguese /e.ˈlẽ.nɐ/; Catalan /ə.ˈɫɛ.nə/; Polish /xɛ.ˈlɛ.na/; Czech /ˈɦɛ.lɛ.na/; Finnish /ˈhe.le.nɑ/; English /ˈhɛl.ə.nə/; English /hə.ˈleɪn.ə/; English /hə.ˈlin.ə/Slovene language family

Heléna

Latinate form of Helen.

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Heléna is a girl name.

Pronunciation: German /ˈheː.le.na/; German /he.ˈleː.na/; Dutch /ɦeː.ˈleː.naː/; European Portuguese /ɨ.ˈle.nɐ/; Brazilian Portuguese /e.ˈlẽ.nɐ/; Catalan /ə.ˈɫɛ.nə/; Polish /xɛ.ˈlɛ.na/; Czech /ˈɦɛ.lɛ.na/; Finnish /ˈhe.le.nɑ/; English /ˈhɛl.ə.nə/; English /hə.ˈleɪn.ə/; English /hə.ˈlin.ə/.

GenderGirl
PronunciationGerman /ˈheː.le.na/; German /he.ˈleː.na/; Dutch /ɦeː.ˈleː.naː/; European Portuguese /ɨ.ˈle.nɐ/; Brazilian Portuguese /e.ˈlẽ.nɐ/; Catalan /ə.ˈɫɛ.nə/; Polish /xɛ.ˈlɛ.na/; Czech /ˈɦɛ.lɛ.na/; Finnish /ˈhe.le.nɑ/; English /ˈhɛl.ə.nə/; English /hə.ˈleɪn.ə/; English /hə.ˈlin.ə/
Language familySlovene

Meaning and history

Latinate form of Helen. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well (1603).

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Usage: german, dutch, swedish, danish, norwegian, icelandic, portuguese, catalan, polish, czech, slovak, finnish, estonian, slovene, croatian, sorbian, english, greek mythology, ancient greek | Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη

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