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Pronounced "HELL-eh". Has some popularity in Scandinavia as well as Greece.

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"Blessed, holy".

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Helle Crafts, American murder victim
Helle Fagralid, Danish actress
Helle Klein, Swedish journalist
Helle Michaelsen, Danish model
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark.
Helle Virkner, Danish actress

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Helle, in Greek mythology, was the twin sister of Phrixus. Along with her brother, she rode the ram with the golden fleece in an attempt to escape from her wicked stepmother, Ino. Unfortunately, she fell out over the ocean and drowned. Because of her (so the story goes), that particular strait is known as the Hellespont.