Helen

[Heh1991]

Thoughts on the name Helen?

Beautiful. Classic and timeless.

Perfection. Simple, elegant, feminine, strong. No pronunciation or spelling issues.

Agree with PP - classic, timeless, elegant and feminine. It is such a beautiful name!

Beautiful.
To me Helen is someone who is kind, classy, elegant and clever. (No, I’m not a Helen).

Classic.

All of the above but also refreshing these days. Something quite cute about a baby Helen!

Lovely

I love it, completely agree with PP. It’s very elegant and a lovely name to grow into

I know lots of Helens, they are all lovely people.

I like it but one of my daughter’s friends is called Helen and she uses her middle name as it is a ‘mum’s name’.

There were 9 in my year at school. I'm in my early 40s. I've not taught a Helen for years, but there are a fair few Helenas and Ellens. It's nice, and you'll be ahead of the curve, but it's bound to become popular again soon, I think.

I have a Helena (pronounced Helen-a) which I think is a softer more classic version of Helen. It has tons of great nicknames - Nell, Lena, Hela etc.

Beautiful name

It’s lovely. Nicely timed, as we are moving away from the frillier, more continental -a names to simpler ones.

It’s one of my daughters middle names.
I love it

It's gorgeous, and agree with a pp that Helens are almost uniformly lovely people.

Helen - lovely!
No need for any NN.

[As an aside, what is it with Mumsnet and the need to suggest NNs???]

I've name changed for this as Helen is my name.

I'm finding it really strange reading all these positive comments about my name as I've always disliked it.

I'm in my 40's, so growing up I was always one of several Helen's in my class at school and I just thought it was so boring. All my friends had much more interesting names and I felt really dull in comparison.

I remember my mum once telling me about an alternative name they'd nearly called me but then changed their mind at the last minute and went with Helen. I wished they'd gone with the original choice! I never told my parents I didn't like my name as I didn't want to hurt them as they both loved it.

Obviously it's only a name and I got over my teenage angst and disappointment at being given it, but I can't say I like it anymore now as an adult.

Sorry to put a dampner on all the positivity about it.

Love it!

Helen is beautiful and classy.

Easy to pronounce and spell. (Unlike Helena which is often mispronounced)

@cloudsinthesky24
Are you me?!
I'm a Helen and like you I've never likes it!
And my parents were going to call me Zoe which I much prefer, but changed their minds!!! 😮

I like it and prefer it to Helena, Ellen etc.
Classic and timeless.

@fudgesmummy
Funny that the only two people on the thread who don't like it are both actually called Helen!
Zoe is lovely. I was going to be Lucy. Would have much preferred that too.
Oh well... best not to dwell. Lol.

My father wanted me to be called Helen , my mother got her way -so I m not - but I think it is a lovely name