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Helena- anything similar?

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Snowberry86 · 27/05/2015 15:31

Anyone got any sibling names for Helena?

What do people think of Helena and can anyone suggest any alternatives? I like it, but not sure I love it.

Other names I like (but don't love) are:

Clara
Philippa
Bridget
Louisa
Claudia

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Haahoooo · 28/05/2015 08:24

Josephine
Vivienne

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BikeRunSki · 28/05/2015 08:34

Nell is a nn for Helen, Eleanor and their variants.

Mamiof3 · 28/05/2015 16:13

Leonor or Leonora (Lenny), Ophelia, Olivia, Odette, Frances/Francesca, Anais, Cara, Lucia, Isabella, Susannah, Genevieve, Valentina, Juliana, Cecelia, Serena, Elsa, Anabella, Magdalena or Lena, Alexandra

Walkingonsunshine00 · 28/05/2015 16:21

Lucy
Ruth
Grace
Megan

LavenderRain · 28/05/2015 16:40

Heleen

Ella

Eleanor

Harriet

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matchingmoll · 28/05/2015 20:11

Susannah

Roseformeplease · 28/05/2015 20:15

Hermia (another character from A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Or, other Shakespearian women (not the ones who meet a sticky end)

Viola
Rosalind
Perdita
Celia
Isabella (although she has a bit of trouble and ends with a, possibly, forced marriage when she wanted to be a nun)

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WesleySnipes · 28/05/2015 20:35

Marianne is pretty. Abigail also 'matches' with Helena in my head.

HootOnTheBeach · 28/05/2015 20:41

Natalie

themumfairy · 31/05/2015 15:06

helania
pronounced h-lay-na

Marisola · 31/05/2015 19:19

Andrea

OneFlewOverTheMumsNest · 31/05/2015 21:14

DD2 due imminently. We love Helena and pretty sure that's what we will go for - just waiting for her to appear before making final decision. This is the rest of my list:

Annie
Cora
Harriet
Helena
Iris
Maggie
Martha
Meg(an)
Meredith
Nancy
Norah
Polly
Violet

WhiteHairReally · 31/05/2015 23:17

DS would have been Helena Maud but it didn't really suit him. I think these have all been mentioned, but I'll group them here anyway, as names that I think have the same 'feel' as Helena and as a fellow teacher, I haven't come across in the classroom recently/at all.
Celia
Frances
Stella
Ursula
Romola

I'd call a daughter Maud these days. Maudie is lovely.

villainousbroodmare · 31/05/2015 23:24

Alicia
Georgia
Vivienne
Miriam
Rosalind

KipperTheFish · 31/05/2015 23:28

Martha

Heyho111 · 31/05/2015 23:34

Clara, Ariana , Laura, Emma.

akorda · 02/06/2015 19:42

IMO Names that are reminiscent of Helena are:

Hester
Penelope
Felicity
Susanna
Eliza
Viola (love this!)
Miranda (this too!)
Rosamund

Chips1999 · 02/06/2015 19:46

I would actually go with the name Helena, my midwife was called Helena and she was absolutely lovely, so lovely I considered using the name but dh vetoed it!

Toadsrevisited · 02/06/2015 20:28

Katherine
lucinda
Felicity
catriona
florence

switchitoff · 02/06/2015 20:47

Love Helena.

Other names I think of as "strong..not too old-fashioned" are:

Zoe
Imogen
Monica
Miranda
Lydia
Esther
Erin
Xanthe
Elizabeth / Beth
Megan / Meg
Talia / Thalia / Natalia
Katrina