Hellen

See also: hellen

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).

Proper noun

Hellen

1. (Greek mythology) the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes, the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus

Related terms

• Hellene

Translations

mythological patriarch

• Ancient Greek: Ἕλλην m (Héllēn)
• Latin: Hellēn m
• Spanish: Helén (es), Heleno (es)

Etymology 2

• As a Swedish surname, from häll (“flat rock”) + adjectival suffix -en. Also found in Finland.
• As an English surname, variant of Ellen, sometimes confused with Helen.
• As an English surname of Norman origin, from the placename Helléan in France, from Middle French Helien, named after Hellean, a Brythonic/Celtic figure of ancient Britain, which could ultimately be related to the source of Ellis.

Proper noun

Hellen (plural Hellens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hellen is the 38439^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 576 individuals. Hellen is most common among White (87.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hellen”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 159.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhel.leːn/, [ˈhɛlːʲeːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈel.len/, [ˈɛlːen]

Proper noun

Hellēn m sg (genitive Hellēnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hellen (mythological patriarch of the Greeks)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hellēn
Genitive	Hellēnis
Dative	Hellēnī
Accusative	Hellēnem
Ablative	Hellēne
Vocative	Hellēn

Descendants

• Asturian: helenu
• Catalan: hel·lè
• French: hellène
• Italian: elleno
• Portuguese: heleno
• Romanian: elen
• Spanish: heleno