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| Helena |
| Gender |
Female |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Romanian |
| Meaning |
'light', 'torch' |
| Other names |
| Related names |
Helen, Helene, Elena |
Helena (
/ˈhɛlɨnə/) is a feminine first name. Helena may refer to:
[edit] People
[edit] First name
- Helena (Empress) (died 330), Roman mother of Emperor Constantine
- Helena, wife of Julian (died 360), Roman daughter of Emperor Constantine
- Helena (niece of Justin II). Niece of Emperor Justin II
- Helena of Adiabene (died 56), Assyrian queen
- Helena Blackman (born 1982), English actress and singer
- Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), Russian writer
- Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), English Oscar-nominated actress
- Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish model
- Helena Cobban (born 1952), British-born American writer
- Helena Guergis (born 1969), Canadian politician
- Helena Josefsson (born 1978), Swedish singer
- Helena Laine (born 1955), Finnish athlete
- Helena Mattsson (born 1984), Swedish actress
- Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish actress
- Helena Moloney (1884–1967), Irish labor activist
- Helena Moreno (born 1977), American television reporter
- Helena Noguerra (born 1969), Belgian actress and singer
- Helena Norberg-Hodge, Swedish linguist and writer
- Helena Nyblom (1843–1926), Swedish author
- Helena Paparizou (born 1982), Greek-Swedish singer and songwriter
- Helena Rasiowa (1917–1994), Polish mathematician
- Helena Rojo (born 1944), Mexican actress
- Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), Polish industrialist
- Helena Schrader (born 1953), American writer and diplomat
- Helena Suková (born 1965), Czech tennis player
- Helena Vondráčková (born 1947), Czech singer
- Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846–1923), daughter of Queen Victoria
- Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870–1948)
- Heloísa Helena (politician) (born 1962), Brazilian politician
[edit] Surname
[edit] Fiction
- Helena, fictional character in the 1921 science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
- Helena, fictional character in the Dead or Alive video game series
- Helena, fictional character in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
- Helena, fictional character in the 1993 film Boxing Helena
- Helena Cain, fictional character in the television series Battlestar Galactica
- Helena Cassadine, fictional character in the television series General Hospital
- Helena (Encantadia), fictional character in the television series Encantadia
- Helena Kurcewicz, fictional character in the 1884 novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz
- Helena Peabody, fictional character in the television series The L Word
- Helena Ravenclaw, also known as the Grey Lady, fictional character in the Harry Potter series
- Helena Russell, fictional character in the television series Space: 1999
- Helena, girlfriend to Hercules in The Mighty Hercules animated series from the 1960s
[edit] Arts and literature
[edit] Places
- United States
- Helena, Montana, the state capital and most-populous city with this name
- Helena, Alabama
- Helena, Arkansas
- Helena, Georgia
- Helena Township, Michigan
- Helena, Michigan
- Helena Township, Minnesota
- Helena, Mississippi
- Helena, New York
- Helena, Ohio
- Helena, Oklahoma
- Helena, Wisconsin
- Helena, Texas
- Canada
[edit] Other uses
[edit] See also
/ˈhɛlɨnə/) is a feminine first name. Helena may refer to:
