Helene
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French Hélène and from German Helene. Doublet of Helen.
Proper nounEdit
Helene
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Penguin, published 1973, →ISBN, page 18:
- 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.
- (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.
Proper nounEdit
Helene
- a female given name
- (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 26 376 females with the given name Helene have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
EstonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French Hélène and from German Helene.
Proper nounEdit
Helene
- a female given name from Ancient Greek
Related termsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.
PronunciationEdit
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Proper nounEdit
Helene
- a female given name
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HawaiianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).
Proper nounEdit
Helene
VerbEdit
Helene
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from English Helen and Helene.
Proper nounEdit
Helene
- a female given name from English
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 185
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records The name does not occur as a mononym in 19th century marriage records. Early examples:
- Helene Piko, married in 1892, Molokai
- Helene Wainee, married in 1900, Honolulu
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Helenē f (genitive Helenēs); first declension
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun (Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | Helenē | Helenae |
Genitive | Helenēs | Helenārum |
Dative | Helenae | Helenīs |
Accusative | Helenēn | Helenās |
Ablative | Helenē | Helenīs |
Vocative | Helenē | Helenae |
ReferencesEdit
“Helenē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
NorwegianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.
Proper nounEdit
Helene
- a female given name
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 708 females with the given name Helene living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 1880s and the 1990s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French Hélène. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1810. Variant of Helena (“Helen”).
Proper nounEdit
Helene c (genitive Helenes)
- a female given name