Helena (given name)

Helena

Pronunciation	English: /ˈhɛlənə/ HEL-ə-nə German: [ˈhɛlena] ⓘ Dutch: [ɦeːˈleːnaː] ⓘ Czech: [ˈɦɛlɛna] Brazilian Portuguese: [eˈlenɐ] , European Portuguese: [iˈlenɐ]
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Light or Bright
Other names
Related names	Helen, Helene, Elena, Elene, Ilana

Helena is a given name. It is the Latin form of Helen. Notable people with this name include:

Ancients

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

• Lucia Helena Galvão Maya (Rio de Janeiro, 22 de dezembro de 1963) Philosopher, teacher, writer, poet, speaker and volunteer for over 30 years at New Acropolis
• Helena Bonguela Abel (born 1957), Angolan teacher and politician
• Helena Åberg (born 1971), Swedish swimmer
• Helena Adler (1983–2024), Austrian writer
• Helena Charlotta Åkerhielm (1786–1828), Swedish dramatist and translator
• Helena Aksela, Finnish physicist
• Helena Almeida (1934–2018), Portuguese photographer
• Helena Alterby (born 1978), Swedish golfer and administrator
• Helena Alviar Garcia, Colombian legal academic
• Helena Amutenya, Namibian military officer
• Helena André (born 1960), Portuguese politician
• Helena Andresen (born 2001), Danish politician
• Helena Andrews (born 1986), American writer
• Helena Anhava (1925–2018), Finnish writer and translator
• Helena Anliot (born 1956), Swedish tennis player
• Helena Antipoff (1892–1974), Brazilian psychologist
• Helena Araújo (1934–2015), Colombian writer
• Helena Arizmendi (1927–2015), Argentine opera singer
• Helena Arnell (1697–1751), Finnish artist
• Helena Asamoah-Hassan, Ghanaian librarian
• Helena Rosendahl Bach (born 2000), Danish freestyle swimmer
• Héléna Bailly (born 2002), Belgian singer
• Helena Barbagelata, Italian-Israeli multidisciplinary artist, writer, researcher and activist
• Helena Bargholtz (born 1942), Swedish politician
• Helena Barlow (born 1998), English actress
• Helena Basilova (born 1983), classical pianist
• Helena Beatson (1762–1839), Scottish artist
• Helena Bell (born 1981), American accountant
• Helena Benitez (1914–2016), Filipino senator and civic leader
• Helena Benítez de Zapata (1915–2009), Colombian songwriter, politician, teacher, and journalist
• Helena Bergman (born 1985), Swedish orienteer
• Helena Bergström (born 1964), Swedish actress
• Helena Bešović (born 1984), Bosnian tennis player
• Helena Blackman (born 1982), British musical theatre actress
• Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891), Russian writer
• Helena Błażusiakówna (1926–1999), Polish World War II prisoner
• Helena Bleicher (born 1998), German beauty queen
• Helena Bliss (1917–2014), American actress
• Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová (1894–1980), Czech illustrator, graphic novelist and painter
• Helena Boettcher, Polish luger
• Helena Boguszewska (1883–1978), Polish writer
• Helena Bonet Rosado, Spanish archaeologist
• Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966), English actress
• Helena Born, British-American anarchist
• Helena Bouveng (born 1962), Swedish politician
• Helena Božić (born 1997), Montenegrin footballer
• Helena Brander (1872–1953), Finnish politician
• Helena Braun (1903–1990), German soprano
• Helena Breck, British actor
• Helena Brodin (born 1936), Swedish actress
• Helena Brodin (sailor) (born 1970), Swedish sailor
• Helena Brown (politician), American politician
• Helena Brunner, Australian Paralympic swimmer
• Helena Buczyńska (1894–1957), Polish actress
• Helena Bukowska-Szlekys (1899–1954), Polish sculptor
• Helena Bulaja (born 1971), Croatian multimedia artist, director and animator
• Helena Buljan (born 1941), Croatian actress
• Helena Bušová (1914–1986), Czech actress
• Helena Carr (1946–2023), Australian businesswoman
• Helena Carreiras (born 1965), Portuguese politician, academic and sociologist
• Helena Carrión, Spanish actress
• Helena Carroll (1928–2013), Scottish stage, film and television actress
• Helena Carter (1923–2000), American actress
• Helena Casas (born 1988), Spanish cyclist
• Helena Catt, UK-born New Zealand public servant
• Helena Cehak-Holubowiczowa (1902–1979), Polish archaeologist
• Helena Černohorská (born 1970), Czech biathlete
• Helena Chagas (born 1961), Brazilian journalist
• Helena Chan (born 1989), Hong Kong-Swedish presenter and fashion model
• Helena Modjeska Chase (1900–1986), American artist and writer
• Helena Cholewicka (1848–1883), Polish "prima ballerina assoluta"
• Helena Christensen (born 1968), Danish model
• Héléna Ciak (born 1989), French basketball player
• Helena Citrónová (1922–2007), Slovak holocaust survivor
• Helena B. Cobb (1869–1922), American educator and missionary
• Helena Cobban (born 1952), British-born American writer
• Helena Coleman (1860—1953), Canadian poet, music teacher and writer
• Helena Concannon (1878–1952), Irish politician and writer
• Helena Cooper-Thomas, New Zealand academic
• Helena Corbellini (born 1959), Uruguayan writer and producer
• Helena Corrêa de Barros (1910–2000), Portuguese photographer
• Helena Cortesina (1903–1984), Spanish film director, actor, producer and theatrical entrepreneur
• Helena Costa (born 1978), Portuguese football manager
• Helena Crevar (born 2007), American submission grappler
• Helena Cronin, British Darwinian philosopher and rationalist
• Helena Dąbrowska (1923–2003), Polish actress
• Helena Dahlbäck (1960–2000), Swedish author
• Helena Dahlström (born 1968), Swedish tennis player
• Helena Dalli (born 1962), Maltese politician
• Helena Dam á Neystabø (born 1955), Faroese politician
• Héléna Arsène Darmesteter (c. 1850–1940), British painter
• Helena Deland Canadian songwriter, composer, singer and musician
• Helēna Demakova (born 1959), Latvian politician
• Helena Demczuk, Australian painter
• Helena Deneke (1878–1973), English Germanist
• Helena Dix (born 1979), Australian opera soprano
• Helena Dollimore, British politician
• Helena Dow (1917–1998), American fencer
• Helena Dretar Karić (born 1979), Croatian para table tennis player
• Helena Duailibe (born 1958), Brazilian physician and politician
• Helena Dudley (1858–1932), American social worker, labor organizer and pacifist
• Helena Dunicz-Niwińska (1915–2018), Polish violinist
• Helena Dunlap (1876–1955), American maritime painter
• Helena Dvořáková (born 1979), Czech actress
• Helena Dyrssen (born 1959), Swedish jurist and politician
• Helena Early (1888–1977), first woman solicitor to practice in Ireland
• Helena Edlund (born 1960), Swedish professor
• Helena Ehrenmalm, Finnish landowner
• Helena Maria Ehrenstråhle, Swedish noblewoman and poet
• Helena Ejeson (born 1981), Swedish tennis player
• Helena Ekblom (1784–1859), Swedish preacher
• Helena Ekholm (born 1984), Swedish biathlete
• Helena Eldrup, Swedish educator
• Helena Elinder (born 1973), Swedish fencer
• Helena Elver (born 1998), Danish handball player
• Helena Emingerová (1858–1943), Czech painter
• Helena Engman (born 1976), Swedish shot putter
• Helena Erbenová (born 1979), Czech skier and triathlete
• Helena Eriksson (born 1962), Swedish poet
• Helena Errington (born 2005), New Zealand footballer
• Helena Espinosa Berea (c. 1895 – c. 1960), Mexican academic
• Helena Espvall, Swedish-American musician
• Helena Faucit (1817–1898), English actress
• Helena Fernandes (born 1967), Brazilian actress
• Helena Fibingerová (born 1949), Czech shot putter
• Helena Flam (born 1951), Polish-born sociologist
• Helena Fliśnik (1952–1999), Polish sprinter
• Helena M. L. Forbes (1900–1959), Scottish botanist
• Helena Forti (1884–1943), German opera singer
• Helena Foulkes (born 1964), American businessperson
• Helena Fourment (1614–1673), second wife of Peter Paul Rubens
• Helena Frisk (born 1965), Swedish politician
• Helena Fromm (born 1987), German taekwondo practitioner
• Helena Fuchsová (1965–2021), Czech runner
• Helena Gąsienica Daniel (1934–2013), Polish cross-country skier
• Helena Gasson (born 1994), New Zealand swimmer
• Helena Gellerman (born 1960), Swedish politician
• Lady Helena Gleichen (1873–1947), English painter
• Helena Gloag (1909–1973), Scottish actress
• Helena da Gloria, Mozambican politician
• Helena Theresa Goessmann, American lecturer, academic and writer
• Helena Elisabeth Goudeket (1910–1943), Dutch painter and illustrator
• Helena Groot, Colombian scientist
• Helena Grossówna (1904–1994), Polish actress and dancer
• Helena Grozer (born 1988), Czech volleyball player
• Helena Grundberg (born 1972), Swedish figure skater
• Helena Gualinga (born 2002), Ecuadorian activist
• Helena Guergis (born 1969), Canadian politician
• Helena Gutteridge (1879–1960), Canadian labor activist
• Helena Hamerow (born 1961), British archaeologist
• Helena Hansen, American psychiatrist
• Helena Hauff, German DJ
• Helena Hayes, American politician
• Helena R. Hellwig Pouch (1874–1960), American tennis player
• Helena Helmersson (born 1973), Swedish business executive
• Helena Henschen (1940–2011), Swedish designer and writer
• Helena Hernmarck, Swedish tapestry artist
• Helena Heuser (born 1996), Danish model
• Helena Hietanen (born 1963), Finnish artist
• Helena Hill Weed (1875–1958), American suffragette and geologist
• Helena Höij (born 1965), Swedish politician
• Helena Horká (born 1981), Czech volleyball player
• Helena Houdová (born 1979), Czech model
• Helena Howard (born 1998), American actress
• Helena Hummasten (born 1959), Swedish Muslim leader
• Helena Ignez (born 1942), Brazilian actress and filmmaker
• Helena Isdell (1888–1915), New Zealand nurse
• Helena Jaczek (born 1950), Canadian politician and physician
• Helena Jäderblom (born 1958), Swedish jurist and civil servant
• Helena Jaklitsch (born 1977), Slovenian historian
• Helena Janeczek (born 1964), author
• Helena Javornik (born 1966), Slovenian long-distance runner
• Helena Jessie, Irish singer
• Helena Jiranová (born 1995), Czech athletics competitor
• Helena Jobim (1931–2015), Brazilian writer
• Helena Johansson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• Helena Jones (1870–1946), British suffragette
• Helena Jonsson (born 1965), Swedish county governor
• Helena Josefsson (born 1978), Swedish singer
• Helena Jungwirth (1945–2023), Swedish opera singer
• Helena Juntunen (born 1976), Finnish operatic soprano
• Helena Kadare (born 1943), Albanian author
• Helena Kagan (1889–1978), Israeli pediatrician
• Helena Kallenbäck (born 1944), Swedish actress
• Helena Kallianiotes (born 1938), Greek-American film actress
• Helena Kannus (born 1963), Estonian para athletics competitor
• Helena Kara (1916–2002), Finnish actress
• Helena Kaut-Howson, British theatre director
• Helena de Kay Gilder (1846–1916), American illustrator and artist
• Helena Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore (1878–1971), American heiress
• Helena Kekkonen, Finnish peace activist and pioneer
• Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws (born 1950), Scottish barrister, broadcaster and Labour member of the House of Lords
• Helena Khan (1927–2019), Bengali educationalist and writer
• Helena Kida (born 1971), Mozambican judicial magistrate
• Helena Kirkorowa (1828–1900), Polish actress
• Helena Kirop (born 1976), Kenyan long-distance runner
• Helena Klakocar (born 1958), Croatian artist alternative cartoonist
• Helena Klange (born 1968), Swedish curler
• Helena Kmieć (1991–2017), Polish missionary
• Helena Knyazeva (born 1959), Russian philosopher
• Helena Kolody (1912–2004), Brazilian writer and poet
• Helena Konanz (born 1961), Canadian politician and tennis player
• Helena Konttinen (1871–1916), Finnish prophet
• Helena van der Kraan (1940–2020), Czechoslovak-born Dutch photographer
• Helena Chmura Kraemer (fl. 1960s–2010s), American biostatistician
• Helena Krajčiová (born 1975), Slovak actress and singer
• Helena Krasowska, Polish slavist
• Helena Kružíková (1928–2021), Czech actress
• Helena Krzemieniewska (1878–1966), Polish botanist and microbiologist
• Helena Kuipers-Rietberg (1893–1944), Dutch resistance fighter
• Helena Kuo (c. 1911–1999), Chinese-American writer and translator
• Helena Kurnatowska (1929–2005), Polish politician
• Helena Kuusisto (born 1992), Finnish karateka
• Helena Laine (born 1955), Finnish athlete
• Helena Langšádlová (born 1963), Czech politician
• Helena Larsdotter Westerlund (1799–1865), Swedish educator
• Helena Blach Lavrsen (born 1963), Danish curler
• Helena Leander (born 1982), Swedish politician
• Helena Lefroy (1820–1908), Irish botanist
• Helena Legido-Quigley, Spanish public health researcher
• Helena Lehtinen (born 1952), Finnish jeweller and teacher
• Helena Lewczynska (born 1992), English badminton player
• Helena Lewyn (1889–1980), American pianist
• Helena Lindahl (born 1972), Swedish politician
• Helena Lindelia (died 1710), Swedish artist
• Helena Lingham (born 1963), Swedish curler
• Helena Lisická (1930–2009), Czech ethnographer and writer of fairy tales and legends
• Helena Lloret (born 1992), Spanish water polo player
• Helena Znaniecki Lopata (1925–2003), Polish-born American sociologist, author and researcher
• Helena Lopes da Silva (1948–2018), Cape Verdean surgeon and anti-colonialist activist
• Helena Lucas (born 1975), British Paralympic sailor
• Helena Luke (died 2024), Indian actress
• Helena Lumbreras (1935-1995), Spanish filmmaker and screenwriter
• Helena Lundbäck (born 1976), Swedish equestrian
• Helena Macher (born 1937), Polish luger
• Helena Magenbuch (1523–1597), German pharmacist
• Helena Majdaniec (1941–2002), Polish singer and film actor
• Helena Makowska (1893–1964), Polish actress
• Helena Maleno (born 1970), Spanish Moroccan human rights defender
• Helena Malheim (1716–1795), Swedish midwife
• Helena Malikova, European civil servant and academic
• Helena Malířová (1877–1940), Czech writer, journalist and translator
• Helena Maliszewska (Lili Larys) (1909–1986), Polish dancer
• Helena Mannervesi, Finnish orienteering competitor
• Héléna Manson (1898–1994), French actress
• Helena Marfell (1896–1981), Australian politician
• Helena Markson, British printmaker
• Helena Mas, Andorran psychologist and politician
• Helena Apolonia Massalska, Polish aristocrat and diarist
• Helena Matheopoulos, Greek journalist, author and opera authority
• Helena Mattsson (born 1984), Swedish actress
• Helena McAuliffe-Ennis (born 1951), Irish politician
• Helena Meirelles (1924–2005), Brazilian musician
• Helena de Menezes (1927–2020), Brazilian sprinter
• Helena Mercier (1839–1910), Dutch social-liberal feminist
• Helena Merriman, British journalist and broadcaster
• Helena Merten (born 1995), Australian high diver
• Helena Merzin-Tamm (born 1972), Estonian actress
• Helena Mesa (born 1972), American poet
• Helena van der Meulen, Dutch screenwriter, film critic and TV writer
• Helena Miagian Papilaya (born 1962), Indonesian judoka
• Helena Iren Michaelsen (born 1977), Norwegian singer
• Helena Michell (born 1963), English actress
• Helena Mikołajczyk (born 1968), Polish biathlete
• Helena Millais (1886–1970), English actress, comedienne and writer
• Helena Minić (born 1979), Croatian actress
• Helena Modjeska (1840–1909), Polish actress
• Helena Molony (1884–1967), Irish labor activist
• Helena Montalban (1926–1991), Argentine Puerto Rican theater, film and telenovela actress, producer and talk show host
• Helena Moreno (born 1977), American television reporter
• Helena Moreno (actress) (born 1989), Angolan actress
• Helena Moreno (swimmer) (born 2001), Costa Rican swimmer
• Helena Morrissey, Baroness Morrissey (born 1966), British financier and campaigner
• Helena Morsztynkiewiczowa (1894–1983), Polish architect
• Helena Cidade Moura (c. 1924–2012), Portuguese teacher, researcher, activist, politician and poet
• Helena Munktell (1852–1919), Swedish composer
• Helena Nader (born 1947), Brazilian biomedical scientist
• Helena Ndume, Namibian ophthalmologist
• Helena Nelson, British poet
• Helena Neves, Portuguese feminist and communist
• Helena Noguerra (born 1969), Belgian actress and singer
• Helena Norberg-Hodge (born 1946), Swedish linguist and writer
• Helena Nordheim (1903–1943), Dutch artistic gymnast
• Helena Normanton (1882–1957) first female barrister in the United Kingdom
• Helena Nussenzveig Lopes, Brazilian mathematician
• Helena Nyblom (1843–1926), Swedish author
• Helena Ólafsdóttir (born 1969), Icelandic footballer and former player
• Helena Olsson (born 1965), Swedish tennis player
• Helena Oma (born 1996), Spanish basketball player
• Helena Örvarsdóttir (born 1994), Icelandic handball player
• Helena Östlund (born 1971), Swedish writer
• Helena Paderewska (1856–1934), Polish social activist
• Helena Janina Pajzderska (1862–1927), Polish writer and women’s rights activist
• Helena Paparizou (born 1982), Greek-Swedish singer and songwriter
• Helena Parente Cunha (c. 1929–2023), Brazilian educator and writer
• Helena Pasierbska (1921–2010), Polish writer
• Helena Pato (born 1939), Portuguese communist and union leader
• Helena Patursson (1864–1916), Faroese actress and writer
• Helena Paulo (born 1998), Angolan handball player
• Helena Percas (1921–2011), Argentine writer and scholar
• Helena Perez Garcia, Spanish illustrator
• Helena Perheentupa (1929–2019), Finnish designer
• Helena Peterson (born 1962), Swedish swimmer
• Helena Pickard (1900–1959), British actress
• Helena Pietraszkiewicz (1953–2021), Polish politician and psychologist
• Helena Pihl (born 1955), Swedish sprinter
• Helena Pilejczyk (1931–2023), Polish speed skater
• Helena Polaczkówna, Polish historian, archivist, sigillologist and authority in the field of heraldry
• Helena Ponette (born 2000), Belgian sprinter
• Helena Langhorne Powell (1862–1942), English historian and educationalist
• Helena Pueyo (born 2001), Spanish basketball player
• Helena Rakoczy (1921–2014), Polish gymnast
• 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 Randáková, Czech ski-orienteering competitor
• Helena Ranta (born 1946), Finnish forensic dentist
• Helena Rasiowa (1917–1994), Polish mathematician
• Helena Rees-Mogg, British television personality
• Helena Resano (born 1974), Spanish journalist
• Helena Revoredo (born 1947), Spanish chairman
• Helena Riggs (1899–1968), American neuropathologist
• Helēna Ringa (born 1947), Latvian long jumper
• Helena Ripken (born 2006), German rhythmic gymnast
• Helena Rivière, Swedish politician
• Helena Rizzo, Brazilian chef and restaurateur
• Helena Rodrigues (born 1984), Portuguese canoeist
• Helena Roerich (1879–1955), Russian philosopher
• Helena Rojo (1944–2024), Mexican actress
• Helena Romanelli (born 1987), Brazilian judoka
• Helena Romer-Ochenkowska (1875–1947), Polish writer
• Helena Roque Gameiro (1895–1986), Portuguese watercolourist and painter
• Helena Rosenblatt, Swedish intellectual historian
• Helena Hillar Rosenqvist (born 1946), Swedish politician
• Helena Roseta (born 1947), Portuguese architect and politician
• Helena Rowland (born 1999), English rugby union player
• Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), Polish industrialist
• Helena Rüegg, German bandoneonist and actress
• Helena Rutherfurd Ely (1858–1920), American amateur gardener
• Helena Růžičková (1936–2004), Czech actress
• Helena Ryšánková (born 1992), Czech handball player
• Helena Sá e Costa (1913–2006), Portuguese pianist
• Helena Salles (1919–2011), Brazilian swimmer
• Helena Salonius (1930–2012), Finnish actress and operatic soprano
• Helena Sampaio, several people
• Helena af Sandeberg (born 1971), Swedish actress
• Helena Sanders (1911–1997), Cornish humanitarian, cultural activist, politician and poet
• Helena Sångeland, Swedish diplomat
• Helena Schilizzi (1874–1959), Greek British philanthropist
• Helena Dorothea von Schönberg (1729–1799), German business person
• Helena Scott (1832–1910), Australian artist
• Helena Scott (politician) (born 1961), American politician
• Helena Scutt (born 1992), American sailor
• Helena Shearer (c. 1842–1885), Irish socialist and suffragist
• Helena Sinervo (born 1961), Finnish poet, novelist and translator
• Helena Skirmunt (1827–1874), Belarusian artist and sculptor
• Helena Skłodowska-Szalay (1866–1961), Polish educator, activist and school inspector
• Helena Slizynska (1908–1977), Polish geneticist
• Helena Olsson Smeby (born 1983), Norwegian ski jumper
• Helena Smith Dayton (1879–1960), American animator and painter
• Helena Christina van de Pavord Smits (1867–1941), Dutch botanical illustrator
• Helena Snoek (1764–1807), Dutch actress
• Helena Solberg (born 1938), Brazilian-born documentarian
• Helena Sousa (born 1994), Angolan handball player
• Helena Spajić (born 2000), Croatian footballer
• Helena Spinacuta, Swedish actress, acrobat and tightrope artist
• Helena Springs, American singer-songwriter
• Helena Squires (1878–1959), Newfoundland politician
• Helena Štáchová (1944–2017), Czech actress and puppeteer
• Helena Amélia Oehler Stemmer (1927–2016), Brazilian civil engineer and university professor
• Helena Stenbäck, Swedish model
• Helena Štěrbová (born 1988), Czech handball player
• Helena Stetkiewicz, Ukrainian politician
• Helena Stjernholm, Swedish business executive
• Helena Stollenwerk (1852–1900), German Catholic religious sister
• Helena Stone Torgerson (1878–1941), American harpist and composer
• Helena Storckenfeldt (born 1995), Swedish politician
• Helena Straková (born 1975), Czech swimmer
• Helena Sturtevant (1872–c. 1946), American artist
• Helena Suková (born 1965), Czech tennis player
• Helena Svensson (born 1979), Swedish golfer
• Helena Sverrisdóttir (born 1988), Icelandic basketball player
• Helena Swanwick (1864–1939), British suffragist, pacifist, internationalist and writer
• Helena Syrkus (1900–1982), Polish architect, urban planner and educator
• Helena Szafran (1888–1969), Polish botanist
• Helena Takalo (born 1947), Finnish cross-country skier
• Helena Tattermuschová (1933–2025), Czech operatic soprano
• Helena Thorfinn (born 1964), Swedish novelist
• Helena Alexandrovna Timofeeff-Ressovsky (1898–1973), Russian biologist
• Gelena Topilina (born 1994), Russian competitor in synchronized swimming
• Helena Třeštíková (born 1949), Czech film director
• Helena Tulve (born 1972), Estonian composer
• Helena Tuuri, Finnish diplomat
• Helena Tynell (1918–2016), Finnish glass designer
• Helena Unierzyska (1867–1932), Polish artist and sculptor
• Helena Margaretha Van Dielen (1774–1841) Dutch painter
• Helena Vašáková (born 1961), Czechoslovak sprint canoer
• Helena Vatanen (1871–1937), Finnish politician
• Helena Vaz da Silva (1939–2002), Portuguese journalist, writer and translator
• Gelena Velikanova (1922–1998), Soviet pop singer
• Helena Vierikko (born 1980), Finnish actress
• Helena Vildová (born 1972), Czech tennis player
• Helena Vilhelmsson (born 1965), Swedish politician
• Helena Maria Viramontes (born 1954), American novelist
• Helena Vondráčková (born 1947), Czech singer
• Helena Vuković (born 2000), Croatian judoka
• Helena Waldmann, German choreographer and theatre director
• Helena Waller (born 1966), Swedish freestyle skier
• Helena M. Weiss (1909–2004), American museum administrator
• Helena Wells (1761–1824), American novelist
• Helena Westermarck (1857–1938), Finnish artist and writer
• Helena Whitbread, English writer
• Helena Wiewiórska (1888–1967), Polish lawyer
• Helena Willis (born 1964), Swedish illustrator and author
• Helena Willman-Grabowska (1870–1957), Polish indologist
• Helena Wilsonová (1937–2019), Czech photographer
• Helena Winkelman (born 1974), Swiss composer
• Helena Wiśniewska (born 1999), Polish canoeist
• Helena Wolińska-Brus (1919–2008), Polish military prosecutor
• Helena Wong, several people
• Helena Wood Smith (1865–1914), American painter
• Helena Rosa Wright (1887–1982), British pioneer of birth control
• Helena Wulff (born 1954), anthropologist
• Helena Zachos (1856–1951), American college professor and elocutionist
• Helena Zarembina (1895–1960), Polish actress
• Helena Zengel (born 2008), German actress
• Helena Zeťová (1980–2024), Czech singer
• Helena Zmatlíková (1923–2005), Czech illustrator
• Helena von Zweigbergk (born 1959), Swedish journalist, author and film critic
• 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, character in the 1921 science fiction play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Čapek
• Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), character in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
• Helena, character in the 1993 film Boxing Helena
• Helena Adams, a survivor in the video game Identity V
• Helena Cassadine, character in the television series General Hospital
• Helena Douglas, a character in the Dead or Alive video game series
• Helena (Encantadia), character in the television series Encantadia
• Helena Handbasket, the drag-queen alter-ego of Chandler Bing's father in NBC sitcom Friends
• Helena Harper, character in the video game Resident Evil 6
• Helena Kurcewicz, character in the 1884 novel With Fire and Sword by Henryk Sienkiewicz
• Helena Peabody, character in the television series The L Word
• Helena Ravenclaw, also known as the Grey Lady, character in the Harry Potter series
• Helena Russell, character in the television series Space: 1999
• Queen Helena Targaryen, character in the book by George R.R. Martin, Fire and Blood , and in the HBO television show, House of the Dragon .
• Helena Wu, character in the mystery teen drama The Society
• Helena, girlfriend to Hercules in The Mighty Hercules animated series from the 1960s
• Helena Manning, 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)
• Helena Eagan, character in the television series Severance (TV series)

See also

• Helen (given name)
• Helena and Helen disambiguation pages