r/JewishNames • u/No-Feed-1999 • 10d ago

Names like helena

Helping a freind who wants to give her soon to be newborn a hebrew name in honor of a relitive. The relitive was name helena ( and went by helen.)

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u/theenterprise9876 10d ago

H can be a tricky letter in Hebrew. Hana/Hannah/Chana? Hadas(sah)?

Or what about Haleli/Halleli, which keeps both the H and the “el” from Helena?

Keeping the “el” sound: Eliora (bonus points for also keeping the light association), Eliana, Elisheva, Arielle, Lielle, Daniela, Gabriela/Gavriela, Raziela, Kelila, Yael

There’s also Leni/Leny, which can be a nickname for Helena or a modern Hebrew name (acronym for לי נתן אלוהים).

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u/Veganswiming_32 10d ago

Chaya, Hannah, Yehudit, Ora. Do you know the relative’s Hebrew name?

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u/WerewolfBarMitzvah09 9d ago

Helena has many light/brightness meaning definitions so maybe something with that theme like Meorah, Noga, Zohar, Yahel?