Helle

See also: helle, hel·lé, and hel·lè

English

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Helle

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἕλλη (Héllē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛli/

Proper noun

Helle

1. (Greek mythology) A daughter of king Athamas, who, together with her brother Phrixus, fled from their stepmother Ino to Colchis on a golden ram. On their way, she fell from its back and was drowned in the strait called, after her, Hellespont.
2. A female given name from Greek.

Translations

daughter of Athamas

Greek: Έλλη (el) f (Élli) Ancient: Ἕλλη f (Héllē) Italian: Elle f Latin: Hellē f Portuguese: Hele (pt) f Russian: Ге́лла f (Gélla) Spanish: Hele f

Danish

Etymology

From a diminutive of Helga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛlə]

Proper noun

Helle

1. a female given name

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 37 673 females with the given name Helle have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Dutch

Etymology

• (Beekdaelen) First attested as Helle in 1803-1820. Derived from either helle (“lowland, marshland”) or a deformation of *helde (“slope, incline”). See also Limburgish G'n Hèl.
• (Gulpen-Wittem) First attested as Hölle in 1803-1820. Likely derived from helle (“lowland, marshland”). A derivation from *helde (“slope, incline”) is less likely when the oldest attestation of the toponym is taken into account.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛ.lə/
• Hyphenation: Hel‧le
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Proper noun

Helle n

1. a hamlet in Beekdaelen, Limburg, Netherlands
2. a hamlet in Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Hellebroek

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Estonian

Etymology

Variant of Helena (“Helen”) also associated with hell (“tender”); comparable to Finnish Hellä.

Proper noun

Helle

1. a female given name