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Helena (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Meaning
  
Light or Bright

Word/name
  
Greek

Related names
  
Helen, Helene, Elena

Pronunciation
  
/hɛlənə/ German: [hɛˈlɛna] Dutch: [ɦeːˈleːnɑ] Czech: [ˈɦɛlɛna] Portuguese: [eˈlenɐ]

Helena, sometimes spelled as Gelena, is the Latin form of Helen. People with this name include:

  • Helena (Empress) (died 330), Roman mother of Emperor Constantine
  • Helena, wife of Julian (died 360), Roman daughter of Emperor Constantine
  • Helena (niece of Justin II), niece of Empress Sophia of the Byzantine Empire
  • Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen
  • Helena Blackman (born 1982), English actress and singer
  • Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), Russian writer
  • Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), English actress
  • Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish model
  • Helena Cobban (born 1952), British-born American writer
  • Helena Guergis (born 1969), Canadian politician
  • Helena Josefsson (born 1978), Swedish singer
  • Helena Laine (born 1955), Finnish athlete
  • Helena Lehtinen, Finnish jeweller and teacher
  • Helena Mattsson (born 1984), Swedish actress
  • Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish actress
  • Helena Molony (1884–1967), Irish labor activist
  • Helena Moreno (born 1977), American television reporter
  • Helena Noguerra (born 1969), Belgian actress and singer
  • Helena Norberg-Hodge, Swedish linguist and writer
  • Helena Nyblom (1843–1926), Swedish author
  • Helena Paparizou (born 1982), Greek-Swedish singer and songwriter
  • Helena Ranaldi (born 1966), Brazilian actress
  • Helena Rasiowa (1917–1994), Polish mathematician
  • Helena Rojo (born 1944), Mexican actress
  • Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), Polish industrialist
  • Helena Suková (born 1965), Czech tennis player
  • Gelena Topilina (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
  • Gelena Velikanova (1922–1998), Soviet pop singer
  • Helena Vildová, Czech tennis player
  • Helena Vondráčková (born 1947), Czech singer
  • Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846–1923), daughter of Queen Victoria
  • Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870–1948)
  • Heloísa Helena (politician) (born 1962), Brazilian politician
  • Fictional characters

  • Helena, fictional character in the 1921 science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
  • Helena (Dead or Alive), fictional character in the Dead or Alive video game series
  • Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), fictional character in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
  • Helena, fictional character in the 1993 film Boxing Helena
  • Helena Cain, fictional character in the television series Battlestar Galactica
  • Helena Cassadine, fictional character in the television series General Hospital
  • Helena (Encantadia), fictional character in the television series Encantadia
  • Helena Kurcewicz, fictional character in the 1884 novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • Helena Peabody, fictional character in the television series The L Word
  • Helena Ravenclaw, also known as the Grey Lady, fictional character in the Harry Potter series
  • Helena Russell, fictional character in the television series Space: 1999
  • Helena, girlfriend to Hercules in The Mighty Hercules animated series from the 1960s
  • Helena (Manning), fictional character in the television series Orphan Black
  • Helena, a vampire in the Hellsing animated TV-series from 2001
  • References

    Helena (given name) Wikipedia