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Helena or Lena
by sprout
9/30/2022, 1:37 AM
Which do you prefer?
Pronounced HEL-eh-nuh and LEH-nuh.

This message was edited 9/30/2022, 1:01 PM

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- namesarecool285
10/2/2022, 7:33 AM
I prefer the name Helen to both of them, but I like Helena. Lena is pretty, but I like Helena’s nickname potential and National usuage.
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- nomenphile
10/2/2022, 12:35 AM
I also prefer Helena. Lena is a nickname.
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- BeccyLeader2
10/1/2022, 1:24 AM
Definitely Helena, although I like Lena as a nickname. How about Helena "Lena"? :)
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- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)
9/30/2022, 1:24 PM
Helena hands down. Lena feels nicknamey and incomplete.
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- ShioTanbo1   +1
9/30/2022, 12:41 PM
I prefer Helena because it can be pronounced heh-lay-nuh, or heh-lee-nuh. Lena is just pronounced like lee-nuh, which is pretty, but I think 'lay' sounds better. Helena also feels more like a full name.
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- sprout
9/30/2022, 1:00 PM
Oop, sorry for confusion, I’m pronouncing it leh-nuh.
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- Anneza   +2
9/30/2022, 4:50 AM
Lena doesn't appeal to me; sounds as if its bearer can't stand up straight. Helena, then, though I much prefer and would use Helen.
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- sprout   +1
9/30/2022, 1:00 PM
Sorry, should have specified it’s pronounced leh-nuh.
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- Anneza
9/30/2022, 11:27 PM
I've heard it as LEE na in English and LEE UH na in Afrikaans. I suppose leh nuh would be the German version, but I've never heard it.
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- Pink Princess
9/30/2022, 4:32 AM
Definitely Lena. I enjoy the simplicity of Lena.
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- Kerilyntaryn21
9/30/2022, 3:17 AM
Helena
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- ari.
9/30/2022, 3:12 AM
Helena
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- writing_wrote_and_written (better_nit_bitter)
9/30/2022, 2:20 AM
Helena, no contest. I always associate Helena with Saint Helena (mostly the territory). Also with a helm which is to protect ourselves. Lena looks incomplete and ambiguous to me, but it can be a diminutive of Helena or Magdalena.
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