Helena (given name)
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 (daughter of Robert Guiscard) (fl. 1076–1081), fiancée of Constantine Doukas
- Helena Lekapene, daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and wife of Constantine VII
- Helena, daughter of Alypius, wife of Constantine VIII
- Helena Kantakouzene, daughter of John VI Kantakouzenos and wife of John V Palaiologos
- Helena Dragaš, daughter of Konstantin Dejanović and wife of Manuel II Palaiologos
- Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen
- Helena of Egypt, 4th century BC painter
- 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 Braun (1903–1990), German soprano
- Helena Chan (born 1989), Hong Kong-Swedish presenter and fashion model
- 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 Deland Canadian songwriter, composer, singer and musician
- 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 Kadare (born 1943), Albanian author
- 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 Margaretha Van Dielen (1774–1841) Dutch painter
- 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 Resano (born 1974), Spanish journalist
- 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
- Helena Wong (politician) (born 1959), former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Kowloon West constituency
- Helena Wong (weightlifter) (born 1988), Singaporean weightlifter
- 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
| Pronunciation | /hɛlənə/ German: [ˈhɛlena] Dutch: [ɦeːˈleːnɑ] Czech: [ˈɦɛlɛna] Portuguese: [eˈlenɐ] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | Light or Bright |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Helen, Helene, Elena, Elene |
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 Adams, a survivor in the video game Identity V
- 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 Wu, fictional character in the mystery teen drama The Society
- 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.
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