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La belle Hélène is an opéra bouffe in three acts, with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
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Also Guernésiais: http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/590676737.pdf
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It's not my favorite, but my great-great-aunt (or something like that) was named Helena, and threatened horrible things if anyone was named after her, so this is a creative way to get around the curse.
Also, I hate Hélène Bezukhov with a strong passion.
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Also, I hate Hélène Bezukhov with a strong passion.
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Isn’t this the name of a character in War and Peace? I don’t know, this is what I call her but various translations have also called her Elena, Yelena, Helen or Ellen :-)
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Hélène Ségara is a French singer who came to prominence playing the role of Esmeralda in the French musical Notre Dame de Paris. She has sold over 10 million records.
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Hélène Darroze is a French chef. She has three Michelin stars and three restaurants, Hélène Darroze at the Connaught in London, Restaurant Hélène Darroze in Paris and Moscow.
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This French form of Helen/Ellen is damn sexy and slightly exotic. On paper, at least. My only concern: if Anglophone communities can faithfully reproduce it or not since it contains two accented characters in printed legal documents and such. Sure, this makes the name a bit unusual, but it seems to take a bit of work...
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I am fond of this name. In fact I like it better than Helena (which I do love). Helene makes me think of a beautiful woman.
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There's a French opera called "La Belle Hélène".
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I adore this name! I'm using it as the name for a main character in a story I'm writing (an English, Goth girl with French heritage) and I think it suits her well. Helene is a beautiful name, so much more so than Helen! I pronounce it "hay-LEHN" or "heh-LEHN", because I have known people with this name who pronounced it that way.
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In the film and book "Silk," by Alessandro Barrico, Helene is the wife of the main character, Herve. In the film she's played by Keira Knightley.
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Some English use this name instead of Helen (Give the name a little personality, I personally think) but they pronounce it with a combination of Helen and Helene - "Hel-leen" instead of "Hel-en" or "ay-leen".
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Can also be pronounced "ee-len" ee as in Bee or "e-len" Helen without the H.
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