HeLeeN
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a female given name, a nativised variant of Helena (=Helen)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
HeLeeN is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 3K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 1.7M
- BEBelgium≈1 in 15K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 122 (measured from records)
- 1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)
5,792 people
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a female given name, a nativised variant of Helena (=Helen)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
HeLeeN counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #397 | 5,792 | 1 in 3K | 5.8K | HeLeeN | 102 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | HeLeeN | 40 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 6 | HeLeeN | 53 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈520 est. | ≈1 in 411K | — | HeLeeN | 5 |
| US United States | — | 201 | 1 in 1.7M | 199 | HeLeeN | 122 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 62 | 1 in 82K | 62 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈28 est. | ≈1 in 44K | 90 | — | 6 |
5,792 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018), counting the spelling heleen. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Heleen Dupuisb. 1945NLDutch theologian and politician
- Heleen Hageb. 1958NLDutch female cyclist
- Heleen Murre-van den Bergb. 1964NLDutch university teacher
- Heleen van Royenb. 1965NLwriter
- Heleen de Greefb. 1965NLDutch chess player
- Heleen Meesb. 1968NLDutch columnist, economist, lawyer, and feminist
- Heleen de Coninckb. 1977NLDutch scholar
- Heleen van Vlietb. 1982NLDutch cyclist
- Marie Kikkasb. 1996EEnot in their usual nameEstonian association football player (born 1996)
- Heleen Nauwelaersb. 1996BEBelgian basketball player (born 1996)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 27 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 5.8K | #358 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 2.8K | #1,120 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 199 | #38,294 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 90 | #774 |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 62 | #2,903 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1995 | 56 | #203 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1996 | 52 | #218 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1997 | 45 | #249 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 40 | #7,666 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1998 | 38 | #269 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2000 | 35 | #289 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1999 | 31 | #314 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name HeLeeN mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, a nativised variant of Helena (=Helen) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is HeLeeN a male or female name?
- HeLeeN is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name HeLeeN?
- In the etymology graph, Elena, Helen and Elaine are forms of the same name in other languages; Heleentje is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does HeLeeN have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 5.8 thousand people named HeLeeN, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled HeLeeN.
- Where is HeLeeN most common?
- HeLeeN is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 3.0 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name HeLeeN?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 5,792 people named HeLeeN, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
- How common is HeLeeN compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, HeLeeN is the 397th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/heleenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “HeLeeN” — the 397th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.