Name
HELEN

Name HELEN

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 1,158,160 births of Helen in the countries below, which represents an average of 8,156 births of children bearing the first name Helen per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 1,011 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Helen   
In Italiano Nome Helen   
Available variants : Helén , Hélen
Variations : Alena , Aléna , Eileen , Eïleen , Elaina , Elaine , Eláine , Élaine , Elina , Élina , Ellen , Ellén , Heleen , Helena , Heléna , Helèna , Hélena , Héléna , Hélèna , Helene , Heléne , Helène , Hélene , Héléne , Hélène , Hellen , Ileana , Iléana , Ilona , Jelena , Jélena , Jéléna , Leena , Lenka , Olena , Oléna , Yelena , Yeléna , Yélena , Yéléna , Yélèna


Information about the first name Helen

The first name Helen is listed in our categories :The first name Helen has been assigned to:
0.12% to boys
99.88% to girls
The country where the first name Helen is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Helen

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Helen : Elhen, Nehle, Neleh

Anacyclics of the first name Helen

An anacyclic is a word or phrase that can be read in the normal sense of reading or in the opposite direction. Here is the list of names that are anonymous of the given name Helen: Neleh

Helen in Japanese *

Romajiheren
Katakanaヘレン
Hiraganaへれん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Helen in Japanese
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Helen in sign language

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Helen in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Helen

US English
Etymology src :
  • From French Hélène, from Latin Helena, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Doublet of Elaine.
Anagrams src :
  • Ehlen
Noun src :
  • Helen (plural Helens)
  • Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Papilio.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən
Proper noun src :
  • Helen (plural Helens)
  • (Greek mythology) the daughter of Zeus and Leda, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world; her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War.
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Helensburgh
  • Helensville
  • St Helens, St. Helens
  • Theddlethorpe St Helen
Proper noun (Descendants) src :
  • → Danish: Helen
  • → Estonian: Helen
  • → Hawaiian: Helena
  • → Norwegian: Helen
  • → Swedish: Helen
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Elaine, Elena, Ellen, Ellie, Helena, Helene, Ilona, Lena, Nell, Nellie
Middle English
Etymology src :
  • From Old English hǣlan, from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal”).
Etymology src :
  • A merger of Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”, strong verb) and helian (“to conceal, cover, hide”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”) and [Term?] (“to conceal”), both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide”).
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • helien, healen, hælen, hæliȝe, ȝele, heilen, haile
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • helen (third person singular simple present heleþ, simple past and past participle held)
  • (transitive) to cure, heal
  • (intransitive) to heal, get better
  • to reform
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • hely, helie, helye, helien, helyen, hel, heyle, hellen, heole, heolen
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • helen (simple past heled or hal, past participle heled or hole)
  • to cover
  • to clothe
  • to roof (cover with a roof)
  • to embrace
  • to conceal, hide
  • to shelter, protect
  • to be silent, keep a secret
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • helen
  • plural of hele (“concealment”)
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • helen
  • plural of hele (“heel”)
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːlən/
Middle Dutch
Etymology src :
  • From Old Dutch *helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéleti.
Etymology src :
  • From Old Dutch *hēlen, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną.
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • hēlen
  • to hide, to conceal, to keep secret, to keep quiet
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • hêlen
  • to heal, to make better
  • to fix, to mend, to repair
  • to make whole
SE Swedish
Proper noun src :
  • Helen c (genitive Helens)
  • a female given name borrowed from English
Turkish
Proper noun src :
  • Helen
  • (Greek mythology) Helen
NL Dutch
Etymology src :
  • From Middle Dutch hêlen, from Old Dutch *hēlen, from Proto-West Germanic *hailijan, from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną.
Etymology src :
  • From Middle Dutch hēlen, from Old Dutch *helan, from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“hide, conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéleti. The modern sense is probably borrowed from early modern German hehlen.
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • helen
  • (ergative) to heal.
  • 1805, IJsbrand van Hamelsveld (tr.), Jeremiah 46, 11, De Bijbel, uit het Hebreeuwsch. Het Oude Testament, Johannes Allart (publ.), page 908.
  • (Marco Borsato – Wereld Zonder Jou)
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • helen
  • To accept (and sell) stolen goods; to fence.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.lə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: he‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːlən
DK Danish
Proper noun src :
  • Helen
  • a female given name borrowed from English
 

Popularity of the name Helen

Number of HELEN births per year

Popularity of the name Helen
Popularity of the name Helen

Total births of Helen by country

Births with the first name Helen
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
1,000
1,020,170
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
190
38,044
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
31,520
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
37
22,265
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
16,533
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
0
8,157
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
3,699
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
3,247
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
0
3,220
NONorway
1945 - 2022
0
2,786
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
0
2,569
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
0
926
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
115
746
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
569
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
1
480
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
422
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
331
SESweden
1998 - 2022
0
269
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
1
258
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
0
212
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
126
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
114
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
0
89
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
59
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
0
5
Popularity of the name Helen

Total births of Helen by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Helen
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
0
711
DEGermany
2022
0
82
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
46
CLChili
2021
0
30
ARArgentina
2015
0
23
ONOntario
2019
0
18
ITItaly
2021
0
18
SESweden
2022
0
13
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
12
IEIreland
2022
0
10
BEBelgium
2022
0
8
ABAlberta
2022
0
8
PLPoland
2022
0
8
FRFrance
2022
0
7
ATAustria
2021
0
6
NONorway
2022
0
4
DKDenmark
2022
0
3
QCQuebec
2022
0
2
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
2

Comments on the name Helen

Personalities with the first name Helen

There are 297 personalities with the first name Helen

Helen Keller (Helen Adams Keller) src

United states of america
Writer Suffragette Political activist Essayist Orator Linguist Trade unionist Peace activist Autobiographer

Helen Mirren src

United kingdom
Actor Stage actor Voice actor Film director Film producer Television actor Film actor

Helen Hunt (Helen Elizabeth Hunt) src

United states of america
Television actor Film actor Screenwriter Actor Stage actor Voice actor Film director Film producer

Helen Clark (Helen Elizabeth Clark) src

New zealand
Politician Political scientist University teacher

Beatrix Potter (Helen Beatrix Potter) src

United kingdom
Writer Illustrator Painter Botanist Mycologist Children's writer Novelist Scientific illustrator

Helen Hayes src

United states of america
Stage actor Television actor Film actor Autobiographer

Pamela Lyndon Travers (Helen Lyndon Goff) src

United kingdom Australia
Actor Writer Poet Journalist Children's writer Novelist

Jo Cox (Helen Joanne Leadbeater) src

United kingdom
Politician

Sophie Rhys-Jones (Sophie Helen Rhys-Jones) src

United kingdom
Aristocrat

Georgie Henley (Georgina Helen Henley) src

United kingdom
Film actor Actor Writer Child actor Stage actor Director


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Helen
Full list of personalities with the first name Helen

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Helen

There are 2237 actors and actresses with the first name Helen
Helen Colliander
Helen Woigk
Helen Flanagan
Helen Serruya
Helen K. Wint
Helen George
Helen Penjam
Helen Modern
Helen Rojas
Helen Skelton
Helen O'reilly
Helen Lindes
Helen Rule
Helen Bradbury
Helen Ganzarolli
Helen Birne
Helen Adams
Helen Kurkjian
Helen Thanh Dao
Helen Latham
Helen Longworth
Helen Schilp
Helen Lewis
Helen King
Helen Tzoutis
Helen Dallimore
Helen Grace
Helen Zellweger
Helen Baxendale
Helen Sjöholm

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Helen
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Helen

Rankings of first name HELEN by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name HELEN (male) births over the last year available in each country
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#314CL Chili2021
#363AR Argentina2015
#409IE Ireland2022
#424US United State of America2022
#427PL Poland2022
#490NO Norway2022
#501AB Alberta2022
#507SE Sweden2022
#606CH Switzerland2021
#616ON Ontario2019
#616DE Germany2022
#617IT Italy2021
#733AT Austria2021
#734CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#798GB United Kingdom2021
#827DK Denmark2022
#1041BE Belgium2022
#2047QC Quebec2022
#3904FR France2022
Other boys' names around Helen
HELDOHELDONHÉLDUINYHELDYHELEANDREHELEANDROHELEENHELEKHELELHELEM HELEN HELENAHELENALDOHELENEHÉLÈNEHELENILDOHELENILSONHELENILTONHELENIOHELENITOHELENO

Other girls' names around Helen
HELEINEHELEINNSHELEIVAHELEJAHELELHELELEHELEMHELEMAHELEMEHELEMYA HELEN HELÉNHÉLENHELENAHELE'NAHELÉNAHELÈNAHELĒNAHÉLENAHÉLÉNAHÉLÈNA

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