Meaning of the nameHelene

Female
Greek origin
He-le-ne

Helene is a female name of Greek origin, a variant of Helena and of Helen, whose meaning is uncertain.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,574 people named Helene, the 6,061st most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 37, and the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Meaning

The meaning of Helene is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 1,574
Rank in Brazil: #6,061
Median age: 37 years
2010 Census: 1,255; people

Helene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Helene, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (288 people).

1,558 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Helene is most common

States with the highest share of people named Helene in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	294	0.001%
Minas Gerais	160	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	159	0.001%
Paraná	120	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	115	0.001%
Bahia	98	0.001%
Santa Catarina	85	0.001%
Pará	79	0.001%
Goiás	61	0.001%
Pernambuco	48	0.001%
Maranhão	46	0.001%
Amazonas	44	0.001%
Distrito Federal	39	0.001%
Mato Grosso	35	0.001%
Ceará	31	0.000%
Espírito Santo	25	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	18	0.001%
Rondônia	18	0.001%
Piauí	17	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	17	0.001%
Paraíba	15	0.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Helene

Behind the Name describes Helene as a form of Helen from Ancient Greek Helénē, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Helene among the Portuguese variants of Helena. Wiktionary gives Helena as a learned borrowing from Latin Helena, which comes from Greek Ἑλένη. The origin of the Greek word is uncertain: Behind the Name says it probably means 'torch', but it may be related to selene, 'moon'. Both names are almost always female; Helene has records in every decade, and Elene has more people born in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,574 people named Helene and 1,537 named Elene.

Keeps the initial H of Greek Helénē and is the most common spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Helene

Spelling	People (2022)
Helene	1,574
Elene	1,537

Sources

Behind the Name: Helene · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Helen · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Helena · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Helena · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Behind the Name: Elene · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Helene

What does the name Helene mean?

The meaning of Helene is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Helene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,574 people with the first name Helene, which ranks it number 6,061 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Helene a boy's or a girl's name?

Helene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,558 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Helene?

Helene is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Helene most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.001% of the state's population is named Helene (115 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Helene?

Elene. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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