Helene Forename
1,005th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 917,001 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo
Helene Forename Definition:
A Greek name, meaning: Light.
Helene Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 320,032 | 1:231 | 14 |
| France | 100% | 166,042 | 1:400 | 110 |
| Germany | 100% | 126,286 | 1:766 | 187 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 68,550 | 1:315 | 31 |
| United States | 100% | 39,980 | 1:9,068 | 1,023 |
| Austria | 100% | 22,243 | 1:383 | 102 |
| Benin | 100% | 20,583 | 1:514 | 64 |
| Canada | 100% | 19,001 | 1:1,744 | 369 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 17,250 | 1:1,065 | 180 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 13,547 | 1:1,703 | 188 |
| Guinea | 100% | 9,939 | 1:1,193 | 162 |
| Norway | 100% | 7,589 | 1:676 | 177 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 7,445 | 1:1,103 | 235 |
| Denmark | - | 6,964 | 1:811 | 181 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,516 | 1:1,763 | 404 |
| Senegal | 100% | 6,207 | 1:2,349 | 306 |
| Sweden | 100% | 6,161 | 1:1,600 | 259 |
| Rwanda | 75% | 5,076 | 1:2,240 | 480 |
| Haiti | 100% | 5,039 | 1:2,129 | 335 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,837 | 1:4,885 | 1,000 |
| England | 100% | 4,595 | 1:12,101 | 903 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,478 | 1:3,774 | 620 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,937 | 1:13,851 | 2,150 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,979 | 1:30,855 | 1,068 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,606 | 1:8,467 | 1,342 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,559 | 1:137,419 | 6,899 |
| Togo | - | 1,401 | 1:5,167 | 841 |
| Australia | - | 1,302 | 1:10,490 | 980 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1,102 | 1:245 | 39 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,065 | 1:32,252 | 1,644 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,042 | 1:1,807 | 421 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 916 | 1:193,848 | 8,504 |
| Thailand | 100% | 834 | 1:84,012 | 7,527 |
| French Polynesia | - | 767 | 1:362 | 55 |
| Philippines | 99% | 641 | 1:165,381 | 7,814 |
| Spain | 100% | 625 | 1:74,448 | 2,504 |
| New Zealand | - | 580 | 1:7,821 | 917 |
| Egypt | 100% | 521 | 1:176,393 | 6,761 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Mali | 100% | 442 | 1:38,411 | 2,315 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 377 | 1:27,669 | 2,314 |
| Congo | 100% | 359 | 1:13,953 | 1,623 |
| Mauritius | - | 318 | 1:4,081 | 686 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 302 | 1:6,103 | 630 |
| Finland | 100% | 302 | 1:18,156 | 1,068 |
| Estonia | 100% | 285 | 1:4,615 | 721 |
| Greece | 100% | 267 | 1:40,953 | 1,538 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Scotland | 100% | 262 | 1:20,421 | 983 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Portugal | - | 231 | 1:45,069 | 1,625 |
| Greenland | - | 228 | 1:247 | 39 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Ireland | 100% | 202 | 1:22,988 | 1,061 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 187 | 1:496 | 99 |
| China | - | 182 | 1:7,505,801 | 59,397 |
| Peru | 99% | 182 | 1:174,678 | 4,867 |
| Wales | 100% | 181 | 1:17,096 | 1,031 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 173 | 1:41,341 | 3,806 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 152 | 1:198,697 | 7,274 |
| Jamaica | - | 151 | 1:19,094 | 1,613 |
| Russia | 97% | 144 | 1:1,001,623 | 8,623 |
| Chile | 100% | 140 | 1:125,766 | 2,891 |
| Suriname | 100% | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| Israel | 99% | 110 | 1:76,390 | 3,819 |
| Mexico | 100% | 99 | 1:1,253,984 | 9,181 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 94 | 1:2,744,294 | 129,289 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 92 | 1:175,092 | 2,856 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 88 | 1:82,236 | 2,319 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Ecuador | - | 81 | 1:218,851 | 3,600 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 76 | 1:694,583 | 17,085 |
| Japan | - | 73 | 1:1,753,234 | 18,749 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 70 | 1:434,999 | 19,786 |
| Singapore | 100% | 58 | 1:108,397 | 7,524 |
| Hong Kong | - | 52 | 1:149,091 | 3,059 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Qatar | 100% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| India | 100% | 45 | 1:26,997,288 | 574,915 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 45 | 1:841 | 186 |
| Liberia | 100% | 43 | 1:102,606 | 4,435 |
| Jersey | - | 39 | 1:2,564 | 418 |
| Luxembourg | - | 39 | 1:14,463 | 1,024 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Niger | 80% | 38 | 1:504,842 | 10,169 |
| Burundi | - | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 30 | 1:158,932 | 4,109 |
| Zambia | - | 28 | 1:566,243 | 12,318 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 27 | 1:6,586 | 1,033 |
| Uganda | 100% | 26 | 1:1,575,266 | 22,772 |
| Czechia | 100% | 25 | 1:426,246 | 2,332 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 25 | 1:709,874 | 8,915 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 25 | 1:137,105 | 3,072 |
| Bermuda | - | 24 | 1:2,701 | 544 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 24 | 1:642,659 | 26,560 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Iceland | 100% | 23 | 1:15,914 | 1,219 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 18 | 1:312,643 | 5,170 |
| Turkey | 100% | 18 | 1:4,322,317 | 20,987 |
| Argentina | 100% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 15 | 1:12,957,179 | 80,243 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 14 | 1:379,290 | 1,926 |
| Vietnam | - | 14 | 1:6,615,937 | 3,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 13 | 1:487,830 | 4,461 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 13 | 1:104,725 | 7,155 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 10 | 1:815,231 | 57,976 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| South Korea | - | 9 | 1:616,047 | 14,026 |
| Albania | 100% | 8 | 1:380,821 | 15,237 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Cape Verde | - | 8 | 1:66,144 | 2,710 |
| Curaçao | - | 8 | 1:19,475 | 726 |
| Honduras | 100% | 8 | 1:1,102,183 | 11,893 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,971,210 | 60,968 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:13,718 | 1,590 |
| Cambodia | - | 7 | 1:2,324,761 | 25,689 |
| Jordan | 100% | 7 | 1:1,260,968 | 6,027 |
| Kenya | 100% | 7 | 1:6,615,301 | 31,578 |
| Panama | - | 7 | 1:558,080 | 14,722 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 7 | 1:902 | 214 |
| Colombia | 100% | 6 | 1:7,963,154 | 36,949 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 6 | 1:8,188 | 985 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Monaco | - | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Armenia | 100% | 4 | 1:729,688 | 7,125 |
| Barbados | - | 4 | 1:72,447 | 2,209 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| Hungary | 100% | 4 | 1:2,447,943 | 4,263 |
| Latvia | 100% | 4 | 1:503,911 | 3,554 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Oman | - | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Slovenia | - | 3 | 1:819,586 | 6,243 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Heléne (1,984), Helène (1,652), Hélene (207), Helené (195), Hèlene (7), Helenè (2), Hélène (46,548), Hèlène (2,592), Héléne (383), Hèléne (38), Heléné (11), Hélené (4), Hélenè (1), Hèlené (1), Helèné (1), Helénè (1) & Hélèné (3) are calculated separately.
Helene (13,348) may also be a surname.
Helene Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Greek name, meaning: Light.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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Sample size: 7 (2016)
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