Hemen

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
11
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
11 babies

Hemen by the numbers

In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Hemen. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Hemen

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 Hemen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Helenbright, shining light758 in the US (2017)
  • Hamen3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Havensafe place or harbor1,195 in the US (2017)
  • Heavensky; the abode of god967 in the US (2017)
  • Helenabright or shining light131 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hellentorch; bright light; a form of Helen79 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Hemen

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