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By alyshadragonfriend · Updated August 2023
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French
"healthy, wide"
Héloïse is a chic French name related to sleek, peppy classic Eloise. Both ultimately derive from the Germanic name Helewidis, which became Helewis in medieval England. In the twelfth century, the…
Greek, English
"plant eaten by fawns"
A beautiful plant and a rare botanical name probably deriving from Greek. Could make a novel honor middle for an ancestral Helen.
Finnish, Estonian diminutive of Helena, Greek
"torch; shining light"
More modern than Helen or Helena, and an interesting alternative to Hayley and Hallie. By coincidence, heli also means "saltwater" in Welsh.
"shining light, torch"
The French form of Helen, Hélène was hugely popular in France throughout the 20th-century, though recent years have seen it decline in popularity, leaving it towards the latter end of the Top 500.…
