a feminine name: dim. Nell, Nellie; var. Eleanor, Ellen, Helena; equiv. Fr. Elaine, Hélène, It. & Sp. Elena
See Helen in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(hĕlˈən)
noun Greek Mythology
The daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus, considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Her abduction by Paris caused the Trojan War.