Helena

American  

[hel-uh-nuh, huh-lee-nuh] / ˈhɛl ə nə, həˈli nə /

noun

1. Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.

2. a city in and the capital of Montana, in the W part.

3. a female given name, form of Helen.

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Helena ¹ British  

/ ˈhɛlənə /

noun

1. a city in W Montana: the state capital. Pop: 26 718 (2003 est)

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Helena ² British  

/ hɛlənə /

noun

1. Saint. ?248–?328 _ad , Roman empress, mother of Constantine I. After converting to Christianity (313) she made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land (?326) where she supposedly discovered the cross on which Christ died. Feast day: May 21

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Example Sentences

Helena Merk and Aly Hudson use AirClaw, a version of the OpenClaw AI assistant, to place Instacart orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

"We know every stage of its history, from Napoleon's exile on Saint Helena right up to the present day."

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Helena is looking at an old photo on her phone of nine teenage girls smiling at the camera on their last day of secondary school.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Perhaps during his years of exile on St. Helena, the comparison convinced him that he was, like Themistocles—as he asserted in his letter—a “victim of the factions which distract my country.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Who could blame Helena for that, since Mrs. Krajewska’s boys are five- and seven-year-old terrors, and Helena is not alone near as much as Mrs. Krajewska thinks.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron