Helene

French feminine name

Helene is a feminine given name, the French and German form of Helen.

It appears in mythology as a figure associated with the moon—one of Saturn's moons bears this name.

The name suggests classical elegance: Helene was named after her great-grandmother.

mythology

Troy

Ancient Anatolian city

Trojan War · Iliad · Homer · Zeus · Clytemnestra · Castor · Pollux · Hermione · Priam · Cassandra

name

Elena

Feminine name, Greek origin

  • EileenIrish name meaning luminous
  • YelenaSlavic feminine given name
  • LenaSiberian river to Arctic

Nell · Nelly · feminine · classic · Greek · timeless · romantic · literary · regal

hurricane

Category 4

Second-highest hurricane rating

landfall · evacuation · destruction · flooding · FEMA · disaster · recovery · tropical cyclone · Atlantic · devastation

Categories
Opposites
moon size and significance

HeleneTitan

Mythic giant or moon

Rhea · the Moon · Tethys · Enceladus · Ganymede

mythological role (Helen of Troy context)

HeleneHector

Masculine given name

Penelope · Andromache · Clytemnestra · Cassandra · Athena

symbolic meaning (beauty/desire)

HeleneMedusa

Stone-gazing mythic creature

Hecate · Gorgon · Erinyes

Phrases
Family

Helena, Helen

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G