Helena (given name)

Helena

Pronunciation	/hɛlənə/ German: [hɛˈlɛna] Dutch: [ɦeːˈleːnɑ] Czech: [ˈɦɛlɛna] Portuguese: [eˈlenɐ]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Light or Bright
Other names
Related names	Helen, Helene, Elena

Helena is the Latin form of Helen. People with this name include:

• 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 Empress Sophia of the Byzantine Empire
• Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen
• Saint Helena of Serbia (died 1314), Serbian queen
• Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist
• Helena Blackman (born 1982), English actress and singer
• Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), Russian writer
• Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), English actress
• Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish model
• Helena Cobban (born 1952), British-born American writer
• Helena Coleman (1860—1953), Canadian poet, music teacher, and writer
• Helena Espinosa Berea (ca.1895 - ca.1960), Mexican academic
• Helena Gloag (1909–1973), Scottish actress
• Helena Guergis (born 1969), Canadian politician
• Helena Janeczek (born 1964), German author
• Helena Josefsson (born 1978), Swedish singer
• Helena Chmura Kraemer, American biostatistician
• Helena Krzemieniewska (1878-1966), Polish botanist and microbiologist
• Helena Laine (born 1955), Finnish athlete
• Helena Lehtinen, Finnish jeweller and teacher
• Helena Lisická (1930-2009), Czech ethnographer and writer of fairy tales and legends
• Helena Matheopoulos, Greek journalist, author, and opera authority
• Helena Mattsson (born 1984), Swedish actress
• Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish actress
• Helena Molony (1884–1967), Irish labor activist
• Helena Moreno (born 1977), American television reporter
• Helena Moreno (actress) (born 1989), Angolan actress
• 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 Ranaldi (born 1966), Brazilian actress
• Helena Rasiowa (1917–1994), Polish mathematician
• Helena Rojo (born 1944), Mexican actress
• Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), Polish industrialist
• Helena Sanders (1911–1997), Cornish humanitarian, cultural activist, politician and, poet
• Helena Suková (born 1965), Czech tennis player
• Gelena Topilina (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
• Gelena Velikanova (1922–1998), Soviet pop singer
• Helena Vildová (born 1972), 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
• Princess Helena of Nassau (1831–1888), Princess consort of Waldeck and Pyrmont
• Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861–1922), Duchess of Albany
• Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948), Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
• Lady Helena Gibbs (1899–1969), daughter of the 1st Marquess of Cambridge

Fictional characters

• Helena, fictional character in the 1921 science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
• Helena (Dead or Alive), fictional character in the Dead or Alive video game series
• Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), fictional character in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
• Helena, fictional character in the 1993 film Boxing Helena
• 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
• Helena (Manning), fictional character in the television series Orphan Black
• Helena, a vampire in the Hellsing animated TV-series from 2001
• Helena Bertinelli and Helena Wayne, two versions of the DC Comics character, Huntress.