# Helene
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛlˈiːn/
* Audio (General American):(file)

### Proper noun

Helene (countable and uncountable, plural Helenes)
* A female given name from Ancient Greek.
** 1973, Toni Morrison, Sula, Penguin, published 1973, →ISBN, page 18: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.
* (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.

### Proper noun

Helene
* a female given name
* (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.

#### Related terms

* Elin, Ellen, Helen, Helena, Lena, Lene

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 26 376 females with the given name Helene have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

## Estonian
### Etymology

From French Hélène and from German Helene.

### Proper noun

Helene (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* a female given name from Ancient Greek

#### Related terms

* Heleene, Elina, Elle, Ellen, Hele, Helen, Heleri, Heli, Helina, Helle, Ilona

## German
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heˈleːnə/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: Hellene (one pronunciation)

### Proper noun

Helene f (proper noun, genitive Helenes or (with an article) Helene)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Helen

#### Related terms

* Elena, Ellen, Helena, Ilona, Lena, Lene

## Hawaiian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /heˈle.ne/, [hɛˈlɛ.nɛ]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἕλλην (Héllēn).

#### Proper noun

Helene
* Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
* Greek person

#### Verb

Helene
* (stative) Greek

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Helen and Helene.

#### Proper noun

Helene
* a female given name from English

##### Related terms

* Helena
* ʻElena

#### References

* Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 185
* Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records The name does not occur as a mononym in 19th century marriage records. Early examples:
    Helene Piko, married in 1892, Molokai
    Helene Wainee, married in 1900, Honolulu

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Helena

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈhe.le.neː/, [ˈhɛɫ̪ɛneː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈe.le.ne/, [ˈɛːlene]

### Proper noun

Helenē f (genitive Helenēs); first declension
* Helen

#### Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | Helenē | Helenae |
| Genitive | Helenēs | Helenārum |
| Dative | Helenae | Helenīs |
| Accusative | Helenēn | Helenās |
| Ablative | Helenē | Helenīs |
| Vocative | Helenē | Helenae |

### References

“Helenē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). Cognate with the English Helen.

### Proper noun

Helene
* a female given name

#### Related terms

* Eli, Elin, Eline, Ellen, Helen, Helena, Lena, Lene

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 10 708 females with the given name Helene living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with frequency peaks in the 1880s and the 1990s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French Hélène. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1810. Variant of Helena (“Helen”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Helene c (genitive Helenes)
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

* Spelled with various accents as Hélène, Heléne, Helène, etc.