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Helen's International Variations
Helen is a girl's name with a long and legendary history. Meaning "the bright one" in Greek, she was the beautiful queen in Homer's Iliad. Here are her many foreign variations.
- Aileen - Scottish
- Aili - Finnish
- Alena - Spanish
- Alena - Russian
- Alyena - Russian
- Alyiona - Russian
- Eilidh - Scottish
- Elaina - Spanish
- Elen - Welsh
- Elena - Portuguese
- Elena - Greek
- Elena - Italian
- Elena - Bulgarian
- Elena - Spanish
- Elena - Russian
- Elena - Romanian
- Eleni - Greek
- Elenka - Czech
- Eleonora - Swedish
- Eli - Norwegian
- Eliana - Portuguese
- Elin - Welsh
- Elina - Spanish
- Elina - Russian
- Eliora - Israeli
- Ellen - Danish
- Ellin - Welsh
- Elna - Danish
- Elya - Russian
- Ena - Irish
- Galena - Ukrainian
- Galina - Russian
- Gayla - Russian
- Haliana - Polish
- Halina - Polish
- Halina - Russian
- Héléne - French
- Helena - Swedish
- Helena - Greek
- Helena - German
- Helena - Czech
- Helene - German
- Helenka - Hungarian
- Hellae - Greek
- Hellais - Greek
- Helli - Finnish
- Ileana - Spanish
- Ileana - Romanian
- Ileene - Irish
- Ilene - Spanish
- Ilene - Irish
- Ilka - Hungarian
- Ilona - Finnish
- Ilona - Hungarian
- Ilonka - Hungarian
- Iluska - Hungarian
- Jelena - Russian
- Laina - Finnish
- Léana - Irish
- Leena - Estonian
