Helene
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Helene (from Greek: 'Ελένη [helene - "torch" or "corposant"], modern Greek pronuncation Eleni, English also Helena, Elena, Hellen or Ellen) is a very popular female name, first attested in the Iliad (Helen of Troy). The name is used in many other languages. Name days: Hungary (as Heléne) - October 14, Estonia (as Helen) - August 18, Greece (as Ελένη) - May 21.
Famous namesakes
- Two Helene in Greek mythology
- Saint Helena, the island in the South Atlantic
- Saint Helena (disambiguation), other people and places called Saint Helena
- Helene, the consort of Simon Magus
- Helene (moon), a moon of Saturn
- 101 Helena, an asteroid
- Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
- Helen Atkinson-Wood
- Helen Chadwick
- Helen Clark (UK politician), United Kingdom politician
- Helen Clark, New Zealand Prime Minister
- Helen Frankenthaler
- Helen Gandy
- Helen Garner
- Helen Keller
- Helen Hayes
- Helen Hunt
- Helen Mirren
- Bollywood actress Helen (Bollywood actress)
- Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet, a webcomic
- Helena Sukova, noted Czech professional tennis star
- Helen Thomas
- Helena, Alabama
- Helena, Arkansas
- Helena, Montana, the state capital
- Helena, Ohio
- Helen, Georgia
- Helen, Maryland
- Helen, West Virginia
Other namesakes
- Admiral Helena Cain, a character on the science-fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.
- Helen Clark, first elected female Prime Minister of New Zealand.
- Helen (play) by Euripides
- Hellen (son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the ancestor of the Greeks)
- Helenus, son of King Priam of Troy.
- Helen (Inheritance), a fictional supporting character in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy
- Helen (unit)
- Helena (Dead or Alive character), a character from the Dead or Alive video game series
- Helena (song), by My Chemical Romance (also by The Misfits)
- ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show, a syndicated television talk show
- Ellen (Mary Poppins character), a servant of the Banks family in the Mary Poppins books and film.
- Ellen (novel) is a 1986 novel by Ita Daly.
- Ellen West (psychology) Ludwig Binswanger study case.
- USS Ellen (1861), a U.S. steamship during the Civil War
Other
- Millihelen — The amount of beauty required to launch a single ship.
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