Helene

Where Helene comes from

From French Hélène and from German Helene. Doublet of Helen, Helena, and Elaine.
— Wiktionary's entry for Helene
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #403 among girls — 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1900
    Helene Weigel born
    German actress and artistic director
  3. 1916
    Peak, #227
    718 babies named Helene — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #525.
  5. 1984
    Helene Fischer born
    German singer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Helene Fischer · German singer, born 1984
  • Helene Weigel · German actress and artistic director, 1900–1971
  • Helene Madison · American swimmer, 1913–1970
  • Helene Mayer · German fencer, 1910–1953
  • Helene Costello · American actress, 1906–1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.