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Helene

  • /hɛlˈiːn/

Where it comes from

From French Hélène and from German Helene. Doublet of Helen, Helena, and Elaine.

proper noun Helenes

  1. countable, uncountable A female given name from Ancient Greek. 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.
  2. countable, uncountable A moon of the planet Saturn.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lena, helena, elaine, eleanor, marie, aileen, eileen, jolene, helen, mrs, friends, ellen, maybe, eline, eleni, elena

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"Helene." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/helene. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Helene. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/helene

Chicago

"Helene." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/helene.

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@misc{helene_2026,
  title = {Helene},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/helene},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}