Helen

I’m looking for a first name to go with [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. We are in the process of adopting and currently our little girl’s name is [name_f]Anna[/name_f]. I’m thinking I would like to keep it in her name some how!! I like [name_f]Liliana[/name_f] but not sure it goes with [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. Any name suggestions would be great!!

[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Annemarie[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Leanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Brianna[/name_f]

Hello and welcome to Nameberry! :blush:

[name_f]Liliana[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f] or [name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Liliana[/name_f] is sweet!

[name_m]How[/name_m] about:
[name_f]Aviana[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Gianna[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Savannah[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariana[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Christiana[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Leanna[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]/Leana [name_f]Helen[/name_f]

or:

[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Talia[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]/Thalia [name_f]Helen[/name_f]

I think a sibset of [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]/Georgina/Georgia and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] or [name_f]Luciana[/name_f]/Lucy and [name_f]Anna[/name_f] would be really cute!

Also, if you meant for [name_f]Helen[/name_f] to be the first name, there is:

[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Annelise[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Aviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Gianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Savannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Mariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Luciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Christiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Leanna[/name_f]

Congratulations! I was adopted as a bay and my parents found a way to keep my original first as well so so commend you on the effort!

First thought is [name_f]Helena[/name_f]
Some that I like are
[name_f]Annaleigh[/name_f]
[name_f]Shoshanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Brianna[/name_f]
Ahlicianna
[name_f]Dianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Joanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilyanna[/name_f] (this spelling peaked my interest w/ [name_f]Helen[/name_f])
[name_f]Savanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatianna[/name_f]
Valanna

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Love all the suggestions you’ve gotten already but wanted to add [name_f]Annamarie[/name_f] and [name_f]Annamaria[/name_f]!

What about [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Helene[/name_f]? (hill-ayn)

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Liliana [name_f]Helen[/name_f] sounds fine! Nice choice

Annabeth [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Anabel[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]

I (a biased [name_f]Anna[/name_f]) think [name_f]Anna[/name_f] is lovely on its own :joy:

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What about [name_f]Annabel[/name_f]? Such a pretty name :two_hearts:

Or names that end in [name_f]Anna[/name_f]:
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Johanna[/name_f]
Zoanna
[name_f]Roxanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Gianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Floriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Vianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Luanna[/name_f]

This is my favorite suggestion thus far… BUT… I’ve always understood [name_f]Helene[/name_f] to be pronounced Ha-LEEN. So that may be something to figure out.

Personally I’d keep [name_f]Anna[/name_f] as her name, its lovely and I think [name_f]Helen[/name_f] reminds me of middle aged women. If you don’t want to do that, I think [name_f]Helena[/name_f] would be better than [name_f]Helen[/name_f].

What about [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Helena[/name_f]?

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I love all of them!!! We are doing [name_f]Helen[/name_f] because that was my grandmother’s name and it was her only name lol! She is the only one in our family that didn’t have a middle name. She was so strong and so is our little [name_f]Anna[/name_f].

I’m going to show these to my husband and see what he likes!!!

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Congratulations! We’re adopting as well. [name_m]How[/name_m] old is your daughter? I love the suggestion of [name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f].

She just turned 18 months. We have about 4-5 more months to go!

Congrats!
Sounds like she is old enough to associate with her name already… Would you consider [name_f]Anneliese[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]? That way she could still go by [name_f]Anna[/name_f]?