Meaning of the nameHélia

Female
Greek origin
Hé-li-a

Hélia is a feminine name of Greek origin, a feminine form of Helios, a name that means 'sun', and has the variant Elia.

Meaning

“feminine form of Helios, 'sun'”

Source: Behind the Name: Hélia · Behind the Name: Helios

People (2022): 10,532
Rank in Brazil: #1,645
Median age: 55 years
2010 Census: 12,109; people

Hélia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hélia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (2,472 people).

10,484 women 48 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Hélia is most common

States with the highest share of people named Hélia in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Goiás 0.010%
Minas Gerais 0.010%
Espírito Santo 0.007%
Sergipe 0.006%
Distrito Federal 0.006%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	2,007	0.005%
Minas Gerais	1,981	0.010%
Rio de Janeiro	913	0.006%
Bahia	714	0.005%
Goiás	694	0.010%
Paraná	578	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	493	0.005%
Ceará	405	0.005%
Santa Catarina	372	0.005%
Pernambuco	259	0.003%
Espírito Santo	257	0.007%
Pará	214	0.003%
Maranhão	201	0.003%
Alagoas	172	0.006%
Distrito Federal	165	0.006%
Rio Grande do Norte	152	0.005%
Mato Grosso	141	0.004%
Sergipe	138	0.006%
Amazonas	121	0.003%
Paraíba	113	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	113	0.004%
Piauí	104	0.003%
Rondônia	86	0.005%
Tocantins	84	0.006%
Acre	30	0.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Hélia

Behind the Name describes Hélia as a Portuguese feminine form of Helios, a Greek name that means 'sun' and that in Greek mythology is the name of the sun god; Hélio is the Portuguese masculine form. Wiktionary gives the same origin for the Italian form Elia, from the Latin Hēlia, feminine of Hēlius, from the Greek Ἥλιος. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records Hélia as a Portuguese variant and Elia as a Galician and spelling variant of the same name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,532 people named Helia, with a median age of 55. The name is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Goiás.

It is the most common spelling in the group; the accent marks the stressed syllable Hé-, as in Hélio, and IBGE writes it HELIA.

Other spellings of Hélia

Spelling	People (2022)
Hélia	10,532
Elia	6,980

Sources

Behind the Name: Hélia · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Helios · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Elia (Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Helia · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Hélia

What does the name Hélia mean?

Hélia means “feminine form of Helios, 'sun'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Hélia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,532 people with the first name Hélia, which ranks it number 1,645 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Hélia a boy's or a girl's name?

Hélia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,484 women and 48 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Hélia?

Hélia is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Hélia most common?

Proportionally, in Goiás: 0.010% of the state's population is named Hélia (694 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hélia?

Elia. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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