Helene

H4E1L1E1N1E1
/hɛlˈiːn/

proper noun

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

OriginFrench Hélène ← German Helene →
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Meanings

proper nounHelene (countable and uncountable, plural Helenes)

plural Helenes

  1. countableuncountableA female given name from Ancient Greek.

    She lost only one battle - the pronunciation of her name. The people in Bottom refused to say Helene. They called her Helen Wright and left it at that.

    1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Penguin, published 1973, →ISBN, page 18
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    Retired teacher Helene Ball won a three-year battle against Derbyshire County Council after it fenced off a 98cm gated gap between her garden and a council car park in April 2023.

    2026 September 22, Ben Mellor, Helen McCarthy, “'Lego-type blocks' anger woman who was fenced in”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2026, retrieved 22 Sep 2026
  2. countableuncountableastronomyA moon of the planet Saturn.

Origin

  1. GermanHelene
  2. FrenchHélène
  3. EnglishHelene

From French Hélène and from German Helene. Doublet of Helen, Helena, and Elaine.

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Cite this entry
APA

Helene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Helene

MLA

“Helene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Helene. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Helene,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Helene.

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