Helene is a girl's name of French origin meaning “Helen.” In 2024 it was given to 40 girls in the United States.
Helene belongs to the French and Greek tradition. Its meaning — “Helen” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Helen.
In the United States, Helene first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #227 in 1916, and in 2024 40 babies received the name — 33,291 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Helene means “Helen” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Helene is a girl name. In 2024, 40 babies received the name in the US.
Helene comes from the French and Greek tradition. It is also spelled Helen.
Helene first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #227 in 1916, and 40 babies were given the name in 2024.
Helene is pronounced /hɛlˈiːn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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