Hel

A diminutive of the female given name Helen.

Proper noun human sciences, lifestyle

  1. The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
  2. The realm of the dead who did not die in combat, ruled by the goddess and located in Niflheim (one of the Nine Realms).

    Synonyms: Helheim

Origin

From Old Norse hel. Cognate with Old English hell (“hell”).

Forms

Hela Hell

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Helen.
    • They call me Hel, they call me Stacey / They call me "her", they call me Jane - 2007, Jules De Martino, Katie White, “That's Not My Name”, performed by The Ting Tings: