Helem
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Helem by the numbers
Helem was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Helem
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Helem. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Helenbright, shining light758 in the US (2017)
- Haleyhay meadow; dweller in the hay clearing943 in the US (2017)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
- Helenabright or shining light131 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hellentorch; bright light; a form of Helen79 in the US (2017)
- Helenebright; shining light32 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Helem
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