Helen

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

English form of Helene

Related Names

See Helene

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Helenarson

Female

Helenardóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Helen
Genitive:	Helens

- Finnish
Nominative:	Helen
Genitive:	Helenin
Partitive:	Heleniä

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Helen
Accusative:	Helen
Dative:	Helen
Genitive:	Helenar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Helen
Genitive:	Helens

- Swedish
Nominative:	Helen
Genitive:	Helens

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1866
• Denmark: 19th century
• Norway: ca 1945

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark: 1940-1959
• Sweden: 1960-1979
• Norway: 1970-1975

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Lolland-Falster
  • København
  • Sjælland
  • Jylland

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		8894	20676	8894	20676	0	0
Denmark		2092	n.a.	2092	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	2287	n.a.	2287	0	0
Iceland		97	127	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		3	6	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		2820	n.a.	2820	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.

 

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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend