Helene - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Helene \he-le-ne\ is a variant of Eleanor (Greek) and Helen (Greek), and the meaning of Helene is "sun ray, shining light".

The baby name Helene sounds like Helena and Hellene. Other similar baby names are Celene, Delene, Melene, Selene and Zelene.

Helene is a very common first name for women (#551 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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