Helena
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Helena is a form of Helen, meaning “light,” “torch,” or “sunbeam.” Actress Helena Bonham Carter is a well-known bearer. Dr. Helena Russell is the brilliant chief medical officer of Moonbase Alpha in the TV series Space: 1999.
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Helena in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Helena against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Helena is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Helena in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 841 girls were named Helena, making it the #363 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 40,412 girls have been named Helena, with the most (841) in 2025. It is most common, relative to births, in Massachusetts, Maine and Florida.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Helena in other languages
- Ilona Czech, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish
- Elena Dutch, Italian, Latvian, Romanian, Spanish
- Lena Dutch, English, German, Italian, Polish
- Ellen Dutch, English, Estonian, Swedish
- Halina Czech, Latvian, Polish
- Helen Dutch, English, Swedish
- Helene Danish, Dutch, Norwegian
- Елена Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
- Hélène Dutch, French
- Lene Danish, Norwegian
- Alena Czech
- Ellina Hungarian
- Heleen Dutch
- Leena Finnish
- Lenka Czech
- Lenuța Romanian
- Olena English
- Јелена Serbian
Helena name days
- July 31 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Helena
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Helena, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Tropical storm Helena | 1963 | North Atlantic | 83 km/h |
| Typhoon Helena (Category 1) | 1947 | Western Pacific | 130 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Helena
There are 196 towns and villages with Helena in their name, in 19 countries.
🇧🇷 Brazil 77🇨🇴 Colombia 56🇺🇸 United States 40🇭🇷 Croatia 3🇿🇦 South Africa 3🇦🇺 Australia 2🇩🇪 Germany 2🇬🇾 Guyana 2
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Santa Helena | Maranhão, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 42,483 | Map |
| Helena | Montana, 🇺🇸 United States | 32,091 | Map |
| Santa Helena | Paraná, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 26,767 | Map |
| Helena | Alabama, 🇺🇸 United States | 18,264 | Map |
| Helena-West Helena | Arkansas, 🇺🇸 United States | 11,109 | Map |
| West Helena | Arkansas, 🇺🇸 United States | 7,679 | Map |
| Maria Helena | Paraná, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 5,865 | Map |
| Santa Helena | Paraíba, 🇧🇷 Brazil | 5,865 | Map |
| Saint Helena | California, 🇺🇸 United States | 5,814 | Map |
| Helena | Arkansas, 🇺🇸 United States | 5,548 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Helena
There are 17 lakes and reservoirs with Helena in their name, in 5 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 6🇨🇦 Canada 5🇨🇴 Colombia 3🇧🇷 Brazil 2🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Helena Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Helena Lake | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Helena Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Helena Lake | Michigan, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Helena Lake | Washington, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Helena Lake | Washington, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Helena Wewa | North Western Province, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | Map |
| Lac Helena | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Helena | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Helena | Montana, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Helena songs
30 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Helena in their title. The best known:
- Helena – My Chemical Romance (2005)
- My Saint Helena Island
- Helena Beat – Foster the People (2011)
- Angel (Helena Paparizou song) (2015)
- Helena – Misfits
- Helena
- Helena – Bartosz Dziedzic (2022)
- Helena – Jack Jersey (1972)
- Helena
- Hymn sung at St Helena’s Island – Albert Methfessel (1893)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Helena
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Helena.
Helena Araújo
Helena Bergström
Helena Blackman
Helena Bonham Carter
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Fictional characters named Helena
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Helena as a pet name
FurryName has found 24 dogs named Helena in public pet registers, making it the #4,048 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Cambridge (2), Worcester (1), Zurich (1). Helena as a dog name →
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