# Helena (given name)

Helena is the Latin form of Helen. People with this name include:

## Ancients
### Mononyms

* Helen of Troy, ak. in Latin as Helena, a figure in Greek mythology
* Helena of Egypt, 4th century BC painter
* Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen
* Helena, mother of Constantine I (died 330), Roman empress and a Christian saint
* Helena (wife of Julian) (died 360), Roman empress
* Helena (niece of Justin II), niece of Empress Sophia of the Byzantine Empire
* Helena (daughter of Alypius), (960s–c. 989) Byzantine empress consort
* Helena (daughter of Robert Guiscard) (fl. 1076–1081, born Olympias), fiancée of Constantine Doukas
* Saint Helena of Serbia (died 1314), Serbian queen

### Full names

* Helena Lekapene, c.910–961) daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and empress consort of Constantine VII
* Helena Kantakouzene, (1333-1396) daughter of John VI Kantakouzenos and empress consort of John V Palaiologos
* Helena Dragaš, c. 1372–1450) daughter of Konstantin Dejanović and empress consort of Manuel II Palaiologos

## Modern

* Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist
* 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 Cholewicka (1848–1883), Polish "prima ballerina assoluta"
* 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 Helmersson (born 1973), Swedish business executive
* Helena Janeczek (born 1964), author
* Helena Josefsson (born 1978), Swedish singer
* Helena Kadare (born 1943), Albanian author
* Helena Kmieć (1991–2017), Polish missionary
* Helena Chmura Kraemer (fl. 1960s–2010s), 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 Lumbreras (1935-1995), Spanish filmmaker and screenwriter
* Helena Malheim (1716–1795), Swedish midwife
* Helena Maliszewska (Lili Larys) (1909–1986), Polish dancer
* Helena Margaretha Van Dielen (1774–1841) Dutch painter
* Helena Matheopoulos, Greek journalist, author, and opera authority
* Helena Mattsson (born 1984), Swedish actress
* Helena Merten (born 1995), Australian high diver
* 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 Normanton (1882–1957) first female barrister in the United Kingdom.
* Helena Nyblom (1843–1926), Swedish author
* Helena Paparizou (born 1982), Greek-Swedish singer and songwriter
* Helena Pueyo (born 2001), Spanish basketball player
* Helena Ramsay (2001–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
* 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 Amélia Oehler Stemmer (1927–2016), Brazilian civil engineer and university professor.
* 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), relative of the British royal family

## Fictional characters

* Helena, fictional character in the 1921 science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
* 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 Douglas, a fictional character in the Dead or Alive video game series
* Helena (Encantadia), fictional character in the television series Encantadia
* Helena Handbasket, the drag-queen alter-ego of Chandler Bing's father in NBC sitcom Friends
* Helena Harper, fictional character in the video game Resident Evil 6
* 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
* Queen Helena Targaryen, fictional character in the book by George R.R. Martin, Fire and Blood, and in the HBO television show, House of the Dragon.
* 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
* Huntress (Helena Wayne), DC comics superhero (debuted 1977)
* Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), DC comics superhero (debuted 1989)