Started to like both [name_f]Helena[/name_f] and [name_f]Helene[/name_f]. I pronounce [name_f]Helena[/name_f] like hell-lay-na and [name_f]Helene[/name_f] like hell-lene. I think I like [name_f]Helena[/name_f] better just appearance wise, but think it may be harder with various pronunciations? Also, do you think [name_f]Helena[/name_f]/[name_f]Helene[/name_f] goes well with [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] and [name_f]Margot[/name_f]?
I like either [name_f]Helena[/name_f] and [name_f]Helene[/name_f]; personally, I would have guessed that more people would be confused about the pronunciation of [name_f]Helene[/name_f]… it just seems less common as a variation on [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. Hard to say, though… I would prefer [name_f]Helena[/name_f] all the same.
I prefer [name_f]Helene[/name_f]. [name_f]Helena[/name_f] seem like it’s trying to hard. I am not a fan of girls name that end in an ‘a’, they always seem unnecessarily frilly.
I have a cousin named [name_f]Helena[/name_f], pronounced how you would. I think you would get mispronunciations either way - [name_f]Helena[/name_f] can be hel-ay-nuh or helen-uh and [name_f]Helene[/name_f] could be hel-een or just [name_f]Helene[/name_f] with a silent E. Personally I prefer [name_f]Helena[/name_f], but I do think [name_f]Helene[/name_f] or even [name_f]Helena[/name_f] pronounced helen-uh goes better with [name_f]Margot[/name_f] and [name_f]Ruth[/name_f].
I much prefer [name_f]Helena[/name_f] over [name_f]Helene[/name_f]. Both names have at least 3 pronunciations that I can think of, so I don’t think [name_f]Helene[/name_f] has any particular advantage pronunciation-wise. It’s just one of those names where you decide how it will be pronounced and go with it. I like [name_f]Helena[/name_f] better with [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] and [name_f]Margot[/name_f].
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] to me. I don’t think [name_f]Helene[/name_f] has any advantage, pronunciation-wise. At first I am tempted to pronounce it the french way, for example, with silent h. Until I realise the absence of accents means you probably want to pronounce with Hell-len… and then I wonder again how it would be different from [name_f]Helen[/name_f].
I prefer [name_f]Helena[/name_f] over [name_f]Helene[/name_f]. I think they both go well with [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] and [name_f]Margot[/name_f], though.
I like both a lot but slightly prefer [name_f]Helene[/name_f].
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] sounds better than [name_f]Helene[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], and I think [name_f]Helena[/name_f] goes better with [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] & [name_f]Margot[/name_f]. [name_f]Helene[/name_f] is nice, too, though.
[name_f]Helena[/name_f], no question.
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] is better with [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] and [name_f]Margot[/name_f]. [name_f]Helene[/name_f] is sweet too, I just think people may get confused with pronunciation.
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] I think, less pronunciation issues as people may think [name_f]Helene[/name_f] is [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. It goes well too
I actually prefer [name_f]Helene[/name_f] with [name_f]Ruth[/name_f] and [name_f]Margot[/name_f], but I like [name_f]Helena[/name_f] better overall. I think [name_f]Helene[/name_f] sounds a little more sweet and simple where [name_f]Helena[/name_f] is royal and elegant, so I would consider which feel you’re going for. Best of luck!
I far prefer [name_f]Helene[/name_f]. It’s chic and sophisticated. Plus, you avoid all the prn issues with [name_f]Helena[/name_f].
I think they want hel-LEEN as opposed to hel-lyn.
I like the sound of hel-LEEN. I also liked [name_f]Helena[/name_f]… but I had liked Hell-een-a, which is apparently not one of the pronunciations people even think of.
[name_f]Helene[/name_f] has a certain trim grace to me. If I wanted lacy and full and related to [name_f]Helen[/name_f], I would go [name_f]Iliana[/name_f], not [name_f]Helena[/name_f].
I guess from the area I’m in, [name_f]Helene[/name_f] was always pronounced Hell-leen, and not [name_f]Helen[/name_f] (Hell-lyn). And when I stumbled upon [name_f]Helena[/name_f] on nameberry, it gave various pronouncations, which I think both Hell-ay-na and Hell-leen-a would both be used around where I’m from, thus creating more pronouncation problems, but both seem to have their fair share of pronouncation problems. Thank you to everyone who gave their opinions/input on the names!
I’d pronounce [name_f]Helene[/name_f] as Hell-EN
Or else ell-EN
I’d consider it closer to the [name_m]French[/name_m] Helène.
I’ve heard [name_f]Helena[/name_f] most frequently pronounced as Hell-EE-na but that’s probably just to do with where I live.
Hell-AY-na is v pretty.
Not as keen on [name_f]Helen[/name_f]-a (like [name_f]Helena[/name_f] bonham carter).
It’s a lovely name, whichever pronunciation you choose. I love the nn [name_f]Nell[/name_f] for it also