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Hellen

British  
/ ˈhɛlɪn /

noun

  1. (in Greek legend) a Thessalian king and eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hellen Condori, a 32-year-old shopkeeper with a baby in her arms, is number 132 in the queue.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

It also didn’t hurt that the female winner of this month’s New York Marathon, Hellen Obiri, broke the course record wearing Ons.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

Kenya's Hellen Obiri finished third, 12 seconds behind Assefa.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2024

His mother, Hellen, was a nurse and his father, Louis Sr., a porter.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2024

"Ramsay" was General George Douglas Ramsay, the father of Rear Admiral Francis M. Ramsay, U.S.N.; and "Hellen" was Mrs. Adams's niece, who subsequently became her daughter-in-law through her marriage to her son, John Adams.

From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Gouverneur, Marian

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