Happy Birthday Helen Personalized Card
– Happy birthday to you Helen! I wish you a very special day, sending this Happy Birthday Helen personalized card to you. Dear Helen, I wish you a bright and beautiful day on your special day. This named card was specially designed for Helen’s birthday. Helen is also a good name to be given to newborn babies.
Helen Given Name Meaning & History
GENDER: Feminine, USAGE: English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek Mythology (Anglicized). PRONOUNCED: HEL-an (English). English form of the Greek name Helene, coming from the Greek word helene “torch” or “corposant”, or possibly related to selene “moon”. In Greek mythology, Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. The name was also borne by the 4th-century Saint Helena, mother of the Roman emperor Constantine, who supposedly found the True Cross during a trip to Jerusalem. The name was originally used among early Christians in honor of the saint, as opposed to the classical character. In England, it was commonly spelled Ellen during the Middle Ages, and the spelling Helen was not regularly used until after the Renaissance. A famous bearer was Helen Keller (1880-1968), an American author and lecturer who was both blind and deaf. — Origin English, Latin: Light; Variant of Helena.
This name derives from the Ancient Greek: “Helene”, meaning “torch, flambeau, brilliant, shining light, the bright one”. The name may be connected to “helios”, the personification of the Sun in Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, Helen of Troy was the daughter of Zeus and wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta, and considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world. The name was widely used by early Christians due to Saint Helena, the mother of the emperor Constantine I, who according to legend found a piece of the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified when she traveled to Jerusalem. Hermione was the only child of King Menelaus of Sparta and his wife, Helen of Troy. Famous Helens: Helen Hunt – actress, Helen Baxendale – actress, Helen Taft – U.S. First Lady in the 20th Century, Helen Armstrong – artist.
