Meaning of name Helen

The name Helen has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby girl name, Helen is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 354 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Helen fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 19 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 389 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Helen in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Helen is pronounced as heh-luhn

Helen originates from the Greek language.
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The following names are baby names related to Helen and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Helen: Boys - Alek, Dardanus, Myron, Girls - Daira, Thalia, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, Barbara

Popular Variants for the name Helen: Alena (Russian), Alyena (Russian), Eileen (Irish), Elaina, Elaine (English), Eleanor (French), Eleaonora (Swedish), Elena (Spanish), Elina (Russian), Eliora (Israeli), Ellen (Dutch), Elna (Danish), Haliana (Polish), Halina (Polish), Helena (Latin), Helene (French), Hellen (English), Helli (Finnish), Ilona (Hungarian), Lene (Norwegian)

Common nicknames for the name Helen are: Ella, Lena, Ellie

We think the name Helen should fall under the following style category: Traditional.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Helen to be: A pretty upper-class woman who is well-educated

In one word, you might describe Helen as a(n) "well-educated" person.

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