Helen

  • Girl
  • 5 letters
Greek Shining light. The bright one. Helen of Troy, whose elopement with Paris sparked the Trojan War, was the daughter of Zeus and wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta.
Latin Most beautiful woman in the world.
Literary A literary name from Shakespeare's Cymbeline, where it belongs to a lady attending on Imogen. 'The History of Troilus and Cressida' Wife to Menelaus.

Helen is a girl’s name of Greek, Latin and Literary origin. Meaning in Greek: Shining light. The bright one. Helen of Troy, whose elopement with Paris sparked the Trojan War, was the daughter of Zeus and wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta. Meaning in Latin: Most beautiful woman in the world. A literary name from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, where it belongs to a lady attending on Imogen. ‘The History of Troilus and Cressida’ Wife to Menelaus. The name has 5 letters.

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