Message: "Helle" - Behind the Name

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. :)

- 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.

- 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

- 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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