Definition of: Helen

(hel′ən)
A feminine personal name. Also Hel·e·na (hel′ə·nə), Dan., Du. He·le·na (hā·lā′nä), Fr. Hé·lène (ā·len′), He·le·ne (Ger. hā·lā′nə Greek hā·lā′nā). [<Gk., a torch]
—Helen of Troy
In Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world, daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus; awarded as a prize to Paris by Aphrodite, she eloped with him to Troy, thus causing the Trojan War.