Helena (given name)

Helena is the Latin form of Helen. People with this name include:

Mononyms

 * Helen of Troy, ak. in Latin as Helena, a figure in Greek mythology
 * Helena of Egypt, 4th century BC painter
 * Helena of Adiabene (died c. 56), Assyrian queen
 * Helena, mother of Constantine I (died 330), Roman empress and a Christian saint
 * Helena (wife of Julian) (died 360), Roman empress
 * Helena (niece of Justin II), niece of Empress Sophia of the Byzantine Empire
 * Helena (daughter of Alypius), (960s– c.  989) Byzantine empress consort
 * Helena (daughter of Robert Guiscard) (fl. 1076–1081, born Olympias), fiancée of Constantine Doukas
 * Saint Helena of Serbia (died 1314), Serbian queen

Full names

 * Helena Lekapene, c.910–961) daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and empress consort of Constantine VII
 * Helena Kantakouzene, (1333-1396) daughter of John VI Kantakouzenos and empress consort of John V Palaiologos
 * Helena Dragaš, c.  1372–1450) daughter of Konstantin Dejanović and empress consort of Manuel II Palaiologos

Modern

 * Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist
 * Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), Russian writer
 * Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), English actress
 * Helena Braun (1903–1990), German soprano
 * Helena Chan (born 1989), Hong Kong-Swedish presenter and fashion model
 * Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish model
 * Helena Cobban (born 1952), British-born American writer
 * Helena Coleman (1860—1953), Canadian poet, music teacher, and writer
 * Helena Deland Canadian songwriter, composer, singer and musician
 * Helena Espinosa Berea (ca.1895–ca.1960), Mexican academic
 * Helena Gloag (1909–1973), Scottish actress
 * Helena Guergis (born 1969), Canadian politician
 * Helena Janeczek (born 1964), author
 * Helena Josefsson (born 1978), Swedish singer
 * Helena Kadare (born 1943), Albanian author
 * Helena Kmieć (1991–2017), Polish missionary
 * Helena Chmura Kraemer (fl. 1960s–2010s), American biostatistician
 * Helena Krzemieniewska (1878–1966), Polish botanist and microbiologist
 * Helena Laine (born 1955), Finnish athlete
 * Helena Lehtinen, Finnish jeweller and teacher
 * Helena Lisická (1930–2009), Czech ethnographer and writer of fairy tales and legends
 * Helena Malheim (1716–1795), Swedish midwife
 * Helena Maliszewska (Lili Larys) (1909–1986), Polish dancer
 * Helena Margaretha Van Dielen (1774–1841) Dutch painter
 * Helena Matheopoulos, Greek journalist, author, and opera authority
 * Helena Mattsson (born 1984), Swedish actress
 * Helena Merten (born 1995), Australian high diver
 * Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish actress
 * Helena Molony (1884–1967), Irish labor activist
 * Helena Moreno (born 1977), American television reporter
 * Helena Moreno (actress) (born 1989), Angolan actress
 * Helena Noguerra (born 1969), Belgian actress and singer
 * Helena Norberg-Hodge, Swedish linguist and writer
 * Helena Normanton (1882–1957) first female barrister in the United Kingdom.
 * Helena Nyblom (1843–1926), Swedish author
 * Helena Paparizou (born 1982), Greek-Swedish singer and songwriter
 * Helena Pueyo (born 2001), Spanish basketball player
 * Helena Ramsay (2001–2018), one of the 17 victims who was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
 * Helena Ranaldi (born 1966), Brazilian actress
 * Helena Rasiowa (1917–1994), Polish mathematician
 * Helena Resano (born 1974), Spanish journalist
 * Helena Rojo (born 1944), Mexican actress
 * Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), Polish industrialist
 * Helena Sanders (1911–1997), Cornish humanitarian, cultural activist, politician and, poet
 * Helena Amélia Oehler Stemmer (1927–2016), Brazilian civil engineer and university professor.
 * Helena Suková (born 1965), Czech tennis player
 * Gelena Topilina (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
 * Gelena Velikanova (1922–1998), Soviet pop singer
 * Helena Vildová (born 1972), Czech tennis player
 * Helena Vondráčková (born 1947), Czech singer
 * Helena Wong (politician) (born 1959), former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Kowloon West constituency
 * Helena Wong (weightlifter) (born 1988), Singaporean weightlifter
 * Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846–1923), daughter of Queen Victoria
 * Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870–1948)
 * Heloísa Helena (politician) (born 1962), Brazilian politician
 * Princess Helena of Nassau (1831–1888), Princess consort of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 * Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1861–1922), Duchess of Albany
 * Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1899–1948), Hereditary Grand Duchess of Oldenburg
 * Lady Helena Gibbs (1899–1969), relative of the British royal family

Fictional characters

 * Helena, fictional character in the 1921 science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
 * Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), fictional character in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
 * Helena, fictional character in the 1993 film Boxing Helena
 * Helena Adams, a survivor in the video game Identity V
 * Helena Cassadine, fictional character in the television series General Hospital
 * Helena Douglas, a fictional character in the Dead or Alive video game series
 * Helena (Encantadia), fictional character in the television series Encantadia
 * Helena Harper, fictional character in the video game Resident Evil 6
 * Helena Kurcewicz, fictional character in the 1884 novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz
 * Helena Peabody, fictional character in the television series The L Word
 * Helena Ravenclaw, also known as the Grey Lady, fictional character in the Harry Potter series
 * Helena Russell, fictional character in the television series Space: 1999
 * Helena Wu, fictional character in the mystery teen drama The Society
 * Helena, girlfriend to Hercules in The Mighty Hercules animated series from the 1960s
 * Helena Manning, fictional character in the television series Orphan Black
 * Helena, a vampire in the Hellsing animated TV-series from 2001
 * Huntress (Helena Wayne), DC comics superhero (debuted 1977)
 * Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), DC comics superhero (debuted 1989)