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Helen · English girl’s name

Helen in Hawaiian is Helena

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when a vowel was added at the end.

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heh·LEH·nah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Helen in Hawaiian?

Helen is Helena in Hawaiian, said heh-LEH-nah.

How Helen became Helena

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Helen a vowel was added at the end. A Hawaiian word cannot finish on a consonant, which is where the last vowel comes from.

Helena has a page of its own as a Hawaiian given name, with its popularity and the names it is usually paired with.

How to say Helena

Say it heh-LEH-nah, leaning on LEH, sounding every vowel: e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What is Helen in Hawaiian?

Helen is Helena in Hawaiian, pronounced heh-LEH-nah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Helena?

heh-LEH-nah, with the stress on LEH.

Why does Helena look so different from Helen?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Helen, a vowel was added at the end.

Is Helena a real Hawaiian name?

Yes, as a borrowed name. Hawaiian families have used Helena since the 1800s, but it is Helen respelled, not a name built from Hawaiian words.

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