Helen (and medieval variant Ellen) were high on the charts for quite some time; only dropping off a couple generations ago. Other versions seem to be on everyone's lists, though, from the Latinate Helena to the "how-many-ways-can-we-spell-it?" Elena.
- Alyona (ahl-YOH-nah)--Russian
- Eilidh (AY-lee)--Scottish
- Elaine (ee-LAYN)--English
- Eleni (el-EH-nee)--Greek
- Elina (EL-ee-nah)--Finnish
- Ileana (ee-lay-AW-nah)--Romanian
- Ilona (ee-LOH-nah, EE-lon-ah)--German, Hungarian
- Léana (LAY-an-ah)--Irish
- Lenka (LEN-kah)--Czech
- Lenuta (len-OO-tsah)--Romanian
- Nell (NEL)--English
- Yelena (ye-LEH-nah, EE-leh-nah)--Russian
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