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meaning of the name Helena
Helena means "torch". Origin: Greek. The reading was checked in Dicionário de Nomes Próprios and Behind the Name, and the tool below shows the sources, the caveats, its popularity and nicknames.
Checked in Dicionário de Nomes Próprios and Behind the Name.
Literal sense, reworded from the sources.
2 entries in 2 sources.
Peak in the 1950s.
2 documented nicknames.
Nobody knows for sure, which is why we leave the meaning blank. The Hebrew form is Miryam, the name of the sister of Moses. Behind the Name lists theories such as "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness" and "wished-for child", or an Egyptian root tied to "beloved"; the Dicionário de Nomes Próprios gives "sovereign lady". These readings exclude one another.
Helena means "torch", according to Dicionário de Nomes Próprios and Behind the Name. It is the most likely reading, with a caveat described on the page.
Origin: Greek. Helene, probably from helene, "torch".
The documented nicknames are Lena and Helê. The first, Lena, is the most used according to the Nickname Finder's curated dictionary.
It is probable, not certain. There is a main reading and a documented alternative, and both appear on the page. Sources checked on 2026-11-02.
The 2010 IBGE Census counted 197,591, 1 in every 965 Brazilians; the largest group was born in the 1950s (42,150) and the name was still rising in the last decade measured. The peak was 42,150 people in the 1950s.
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Sources opened and checked on 2026-11-02. The text is ours, reworded from them. We use no numerology and no personality traits.