Helia
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning related to the sun; form of Helios.
Helia by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Helia. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 1904, making it a 1900s name.
Other names that come from Helios
Like Helia, each of these traces back to Helios: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Helia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean the sun
Like Helia, each of these has the sun in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sunnybright or cheerful like the sun69 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marisolsea and sun250 in the US (2017)
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Solsun49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Soleilsun133 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Helia
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