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Female Name
Usage
Old Norse
Old Swedish
Old Danish
Finnish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Latinised form of Helene [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Related Names
See Helene
Male
Helenuson
|
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Female
Helenudóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Helena
|
Genitive: |
Helenas
|
- Faroese |
Nominative: |
Helena
|
Accusative: |
Helenu
|
Dative: |
Helenu
|
Genitive: |
Helenu
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Helena
|
Genitive: |
Helenan
|
Partitive: |
Helenaa
|
- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Helena
|
Accusative: |
Helenu
|
Dative: |
Helenu
|
Genitive: |
Helenu
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Helena
|
Genitive: |
Helenas
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Helena
|
Genitive: |
Helenas
|
Name Days
Faroe Islands
|
21 May
|
Finland
|
31 July
|
 Finland (Swedish Language)
|
31 July
|
Sweden
|
31 July
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Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Finland[13] |
|
n.a. |
173167 |
n.a. |
173167 |
0 |
0 |
Sweden[14] |
|
27263 |
81921 |
27261 |
81912 |
2 |
9 |
Denmark[15] |
|
3583 |
n.a. |
3583 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Iceland[16] |
|
695 |
820 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[17] |
|
14 |
42 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[18] |
|
2345 |
n.a. |
2345 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [14][15][18][13]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [19]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Helena (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
- ↑ Hermann Pálsson: Nafnabókin (1991)
- ↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn,
http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables