Hélène
Meaning and origin
From French Hélène. First recorded in Sweden in 1810.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hélène (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 43 |
| 2000 | 46 |
| 2001 | 51 |
| 2002 | 53 |
| 2003 | 60 |
| 2004 | 68 |
| 2005 | 74 |
| 2006 | 78 |
| 2007 | 78 |
| 2008 | 83 |
| 2009 | 87 |
| 2010 | 91 |
| 2011 | 94 |
| 2012 | 98 |
| 2013 | 104 |
| 2014 | 105 |
| 2015 | 105 |
| 2016 | 110 |
| 2017 | 111 |
| 2018 | 113 |
| 2019 | 119 |
| 2020 | 122 |
Hélène in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hélène.Hi! My name is Hélène.
- Hélène bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Hélène lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Hélène i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Hélène this afternoon.
- Hélènes mamma är lärare.Hélène's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hélènes mamma is Hélène's mum.
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Questions about Hélène
How do you pronounce Hélène in Swedish?
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What does the name Hélène mean?
From French Hélène. First recorded in Sweden in 1810.
How popular is Hélène in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Hélène in 2022. In 2020, 122 people in Sweden had Hélène as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.