Helena (given name)

Helena is a given name. It is the Latin form of Helen. Notable people with this name include:

Ancients Mononyms Helen of Troy, ak. in Latin as Helena, a figure in Greek mythology Helena of Egypt, 4th century BC painter Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen Helena, mother of Constantine I (died 330), Roman empress and a Christian saint Helena (wife of Julian) (died 360), Roman empress Helena (niece of Justin II), niece of Empress Sophia of the Byzantine Empire Helena (daughter of Alypius), (960s–c. 989) Byzantine empress consort Helena (daughter of Robert Guiscard) (fl. 1076–1081, born Olympias), fiancée of Constantine Doukas Saint Helena of Serbia (died 1314), Serbian queen

Full names Helena Lekapene, (c.910–961), daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and empress consort of Constantine VII Helena Kantakouzene (1333–1396), daughter of John VI Kantakouzenos and empress consort of John V Palaiologos Helena Dragaš (c. 1372–1450) daughter of Konstantin Dejanović and empress consort of Manuel II Palaiologos Helena Scheuberin (fl. 1485), Austrian defendant of 1485 witch trial

Modern Helena Bonguela Abel (born 1957), Angolan teacher and politician Helena Åberg (born 1971), Swedish swimmer Helena Adler (1983–2024), Austrian writer Helena Charlotta Åkerhielm (1786–1828), Swedish dramatist and translator Helena Aksela, Finnish physicist Helena Almeida (1934–2018), Portuguese photographer Helena Alterby (born 1978), Swedish golfer and administrator Helena Alviar Garcia, Colombian legal academic Helena Amutenya, Namibian military officer Helena André (born 1960), Portuguese politician Helena Andresen (born 2001), Danish politician Helena Andrews (born 1986), American writer Helena Anhava (1925–2018), Finnish writer and translator Helena Anliot (born 1956), Swedish tennis player Helena Antipoff (1892–1974), Brazilian psychologist Helena Araújo (1934–2015), Colombian writer Helena Arizmendi (1927–2015), Argentine opera singer Helena Arnell (1697–1751), Finnish artist Helena Asamoah-Hassan, Ghanaian librarian Helena Rosendahl Bach (born 2000), Danish freestyle swimmer Héléna Bailly (born 2002), Belgian singer Helena Barbagelata, Italian-Israeli multidisciplinary artist, writer, researcher and activist Helena Bargholtz (born 1942), Swedish politician Helena Barlow (born 1998), English actress Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist Helena Beatson (1762–1839), Scottish artist Helena Bell (born 1981), American accountant Helena Benitez (1914–2016), Filipino senator and civic leader Helena Benítez de Zapata (1915–2009), Colombian songwriter, politician, teacher, and journalist Helena Bergman (born 1985), Swedish orienteer Helena Bergström (born 1964), Swedish actress Helena Bešović (born 1984), Bosnian tennis player Helena Blackman (born 1982), British musical theatre actress Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), Russian writer Helena Błażusiakówna (1926–1999), Polish World War II prisoner Helena Bleicher (born 1998), German beauty queen Helena Bliss (1917–2014), American actress Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová (1894–1980), Czech illustrator, graphic novelist and painter Helena Boettcher, Polish luger Helena Boguszewska (1883–1978), Polish writer Helena Bonet Rosado, Spanish archaeologist Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), English actress Helena Born, British-American anarchist Helena Bouveng (born 1962), Swedish politician Helena Božić (born 1997), Montenegrin footballer Helena Brander (1872–1953), Finnish politician Helena Braun (1903–1990), German soprano Helena Breck, British actor Helena Brodin (born 1936), Swedish actress Helena Brodin (sailor) (born 1970), Swedish sailor Helena Brown (politician), American politician Helena Brunner, Australian Paralympic swimmer Helena Buczyńska (1894–1957), Polish actress Helena Bukowska-Szlekys (1899–1954), Polish sculptor Helena Bulaja (born 1971), Croatian multimedia artist, director and animator Helena Buljan (born 1941), Croatian actress Helena Bušová (1914–1986), Czech actress Helena Carr (1946–2023), Australian businesswoman Helena Carreiras (born 1965), Portuguese politician, academic and sociologist Helena Carrión, Spanish actress Helena Carroll (1928–2013), Scottish stage, film and television actress Helena Carter (1923–2000), American actress Helena Casas (born 1988), Spanish cyclist Helena Catt, UK-born New Zealand public servant Helena Cehak-Holubowiczowa (1902–1979), Polish archaeologist Helena Černohorská (born 1970), Czech biathlete Helena Chagas (born 1961), Brazilian journalist Helena Chan (born 1989), Hong Kong-Swedish presenter and fashion model Helena Modjeska Chase (1900–1986), American artist and writer Helena Cholewicka (1848–1883), Polish "prima ballerina assoluta" Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish model Héléna Ciak (born 1989), French basketball player Helena Citrónová (1922–2007), Slovak holocaust survivor Helena B. Cobb (1869–1922), American educator and missionary Helena Cobban (born 1952), British-born American writer Helena Coleman (1860–1953), Canadian poet, music teacher and writer Helena Concannon (1878–1952), Irish politician and writer Helena Cooper-Thomas, New Zealand academic Helena Corbellini (born 1959), Uruguayan writer and producer Helena Corrêa de Barros (1910–2000), Portuguese photographer Helena Cortesina (1903–1984), Spanish film director, actor, producer and theatrical entrepreneur Helena Costa (born 1978), Portuguese football manager Helena Crevar (born 2007), American submission grappler Helena Cronin, British Darwinian philosopher and rationalist Helena Dąbrowska (1923–2003), Polish actress Helena Dahlbäck (1960–2000), Swedish author Helena Dahlström (born 1968), Swedish tennis player Helena Dalli (born 1962), Maltese politician Helena Dam á Neystabø (born 1955), Faroese politician Héléna Arsène Darmesteter (c. 1850–1940), British painter Helena Deland Canadian songwriter, composer, singer and musician Helēna Demakova (born 1959), Latvian politician Helena Demczuk, Australian painter Helena Deneke (1878–1973), English Germanist Helena Dix (born 1979), Australian opera soprano Helena Dollimore (born 1994), British politician Helena Dow (1917–1998), American fencer Helena Dretar Karić (born 1979), Croatian para table tennis player Helena Duailibe (born 1958), Brazilian physician and politician Helena Dudley (1858–1932), American social worker, labor organizer and pacifist Helena Dunicz-Niwińska (1915–2018), Polish violinist Helena Dunlap (1876–1955), American maritime painter Helena Dvořáková (born 1979), Czech actress Helena Dyrssen (born 1959), Swedish jurist and politician Helena Early (1888–1977), first woman solicitor to practice in Ireland Helena Edlund (born 1960), Swedish professor Helena Ehrenmalm, Finnish landowner Helena Maria Ehrenstråhle, Swedish noblewoman and poet Helena Ejeson (born 1981), Swedish tennis player Helena Ekblom (1784–1859), Swedish preacher Helena Ekholm (born 1984), Swedish biathlete Helena Eldrup, Swedish educator Helena Elinder (born 1973), Swedish fencer Helena Elver (born 1998), Danish handball player Helena Emingerová (1858–1943), Czech painter Helena Engman (born 1976), Swedish shot putter Helena Erbenová (born 1979), Czech skier and triathlete Helena Eriksson (born 1962), Swedish poet Helena Errington (born 2005), New Zealand footballer Helena Espinosa Berea ( – ), Mexican academic Helena Espvall, Swedish-American musician Helena Faucit (1817–1898), English actress Helena Fernandes (born 1967), Brazilian actress Helena Fibingerová (born 1949), Czech shot putter Helena Flam (born 1951), Polish-born sociologist Helena Fliśnik (1952–1999), Polish sprinter Helena M. L. Forbes (1900–1959), Scottish botanist Helena Forti (1884–1943), German opera singer Helena Foulkes (born 1964), American businessperson Helena Fourment (1614–1673), second wife of Peter Paul Rubens Helena Frisk (born 1965), Swedish politician Helena Fromm (born 1987), German taekwondo practitioner Helena Fuchsová (1965–2021), Czech runner Helena Gąsienica Daniel (1934–2013), Polish cross-country skier Helena Gasson (born 1994), New Zealand swimmer Helena Gellerman (born 1960), Swedish politician Lady Helena Gleichen (1873–1947), English painter Helena Gloag (1909–1973), Scottish actress Helena da Gloria, Mozambican politician Helena Theresa Goessmann, American lecturer, academic and writer Helena Elisabeth Goudeket (1910–1943), Dutch painter and illustrator Helena Groot, Colombian scientist Helena Grossówna (1904–1994), Polish actress and dancer Helena Grozer (born 1988), Czech volleyball player Helena Grundberg (born 1972), Swedish figure skater Helena Gualinga (born 2002), Ecuadorian activist Helena Guergis (born 1969), Canadian politician Helena Gutteridge (1879–1960), Canadian labor activist Helena Hamerow (born 1961), British archaeologist Helena Hansen, American psychiatrist Helena Hauff, German DJ Helena Hayes, American politician Helena R. Hellwig Pouch (1874–1960), American tennis player Helena Helmersson (born 1973), Swedish business executive Helena Henschen (1940–2011), Swedish designer and writer Helena Hernmarck, Swedish tapestry artist Helena Heuser (born 1996), Danish model Helena Hietanen (born 1963), Finnish artist Helena Hill Weed (1875–1958), American suffragette and geologist Helena Höij (born 1965), Swedish politician Helena Horká (born 1981), Czech volleyball player Helena Houdová (born 1979), Czech model Helena Howard (born 1998), American actress Helena Hummasten (born 1959), Swedish Muslim leader Helena Ignez (born 1942), Brazilian actress and filmmaker Helena Isdell (1888–1915), New Zealand nurse Helena Jaczek (born 1950), Canadian politician and physician Helena Jäderblom (born 1958), Swedish jurist and civil servant Helena Jaklitsch (born 1977), Slovenian historian Helena Janeczek (born 1964), author Helena Javornik (born 1966), Slovenian long-distance runner Helena Jessie, Irish singer Helena Jiranová (born 1995), Czech athletics competitor Helena Jobim (1931–2015), Brazilian writer Helena Johansson, Swedish singer-songwriter Helena Jones (1870–1946), British suffragette Helena Jonsson (born 1965), Swedish county governor Helena Josefsson (born 1978), Swedish singer Helena Jungwirth (1945–2023), Swedish opera singer Helena Juntunen (born 1976), Finnish operatic soprano Helena Kadare (born 1943), Albanian author Helena Kagan (1889–1978), Israeli pediatrician Helena Kallenbäck (born 1944), Swedish actress Helena Kallianiotes (born 1938), Greek-American film actress Helena Kannus (born 1963), Estonian para athletics competitor Helena Kara (1916–2002), Finnish actress Helena Kaut-Howson, British theatre director Helena de Kay Gilder (1846–1916), American illustrator and artist Helena Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore (1878–1971), American heiress Helena Kekkonen, Finnish peace activist and pioneer Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (born 1950), Scottish barrister, broadcaster and Labour member of the House of Lords Helena Khan (1927–2019), Bengali educationalist and writer Helena Kida (born 1971), Mozambican judicial magistrate Helena Kirkorowa (1828–1900), Polish actress Helena Kirop (born 1976), Kenyan long-distance runner Helena Klakocar (born 1958), Croatian artist alternative cartoonist Helena Klange (born 1968), Swedish curler Helena Kmieć (1991–2017), Polish missionary Helena Knyazeva (born 1959), Russian philosopher Helena Kolody (1912–2004), Brazilian writer and poet Helena Konanz (born 1961), Canadian politician and tennis player Helena Konttinen (1871–1916), Finnish prophet Helena van der Kraan (1940–2020), Czechoslovak-born Dutch photographer Helena Chmura Kraemer (fl. 1960s–2010s), American biostatistician Helena Krajčiová (born 1975), Slovak actress and singer Helena Krasowska, Polish slavist Helena Kružíková (1928–2021), Czech actress Helena Krzemieniewska (1878–1966), Polish botanist and microbiologist Helena Kuipers-Rietberg (1893–1944), Dutch resistance fighter Helena Kuo (c. 1911–1999), Chinese-American writer and translator