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[Facts] Helle
by Claire (guest)
8/24/2004, 5:59 PM
What does the name Helle mean? Could it be a Polish / Yiddish form of Eliyahu? I'm not sure of the spelling, but it's pronounced hellay or helluh. He was my grand uncle in law, born in Poland around 1905 in a Jewish family. Thx!Claire
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- mairinn
11/7/2018, 3:39 AM
I'm neither Jewish nor know much about Jewish names, but I'm polish and I've never heard about the name Helle being used in Poland. The usual Polish form of Eliyah/Eliyahu is Eliasz, there is also a bit older, sort of archaic one I guess, which is Heliasz. So I doubt someone would use Helle as another form of this name here, but as I say I'm not an expert on Jewish names, maybe it could be a diminutive or something? That'd make more sense to me...
Hope that helps a little bit. :)
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- Oren (guest)
9/1/2004, 5:57 AM
Perhaps it's a variation of Hillel but I'm far less sure about this one than about the others.
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- Miranda (Randee15)   +1
8/25/2004, 2:45 AM
Um...Helle's already in the database. Two derivations, in fact: one Greek, meaning unknown, and the other a Danish variant of Helga. Both are listed as female names.But I don't know if there could be a third definition or not.Miranda
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- Claire (guest)
8/25/2004, 9:57 AM
I think there's a third definition, because the two others aren't the good ones in this case...
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