Swedish use
Source-reporteda female given name, one of the many spelling variants of Helene
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- Heléne — Swedish definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Heléne is a feminine given name documented in Swedish, Danish and Finnish.
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a female given name, one of the many spelling variants of Helene
02 / Across borders
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03 / By the numbers
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2026 Spelling: Heléne
Recorded category female
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Source: Digital and Population Data Services Agency · Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
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| Year | People | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 4,108 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Heléne” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure people. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-08-04 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Hélène— “light”
Hélène, _f._ _Fr._ Gr. light, 68
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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