Gender Feminine
Usage German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Portuguese, Catalan, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Slovene, Croatian, Sorbian, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Scripts Ἑλένη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈheː.le.na/(German) /he.ˈleː.na/(German) /ɦeː.ˈleː.naː/(Dutch) heh-LEH-nah(Swedish, Danish, Norwegian) /ɨ.ˈle.nɐ/(European Portuguese) /e.ˈlẽ.nɐ/(Brazilian Portuguese) /ə.ˈɫɛ.nə/(Catalan) /xɛ.ˈlɛ.na/(Polish) /ˈɦɛ.lɛ.na/(Czech) /ˈhe.le.nɑ/(Finnish) /ˈhɛl.ə.nə/(English) /hə.ˈleɪn.ə/(English) /hə.ˈlin.ə/(English)
Meaning & History
Latinate form of Helen. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well (1603).