Meaning of the nameHélio

Male
Greek origin
Hé-li-o

Hélio is a male name of Greek origin meaning 'sun', from the name of Helios, the sun god of Greek mythology.

Meaning

“sun”

Source: Wiktionary: Hélio · Behind the Name: Helios

People (2022): 116,954
Rank in Brazil: #279
Median age: 54 years
2010 Census: 137,525; people

Hélio in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hélio, 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 (28,287 people).

313 women 116,641 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 Hélio is most common

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

Minas Gerais 0.091%
Goiás 0.081%
Distrito Federal 0.067%
Rio de Janeiro 0.066%
São Paulo 0.065%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	28,779	0.065%
Minas Gerais	18,589	0.091%
Rio de Janeiro	10,648	0.066%
Bahia	8,628	0.061%
Paraná	7,249	0.063%
Goiás	5,689	0.081%
Rio Grande do Sul	5,573	0.051%
Santa Catarina	4,093	0.054%
Pernambuco	3,308	0.037%
Pará	2,894	0.036%
Espírito Santo	2,176	0.057%
Mato Grosso	2,173	0.059%
Maranhão	2,136	0.032%
Ceará	1,996	0.023%
Distrito Federal	1,874	0.067%
Mato Grosso do Sul	1,637	0.059%
Paraíba	1,473	0.037%
Amazonas	1,243	0.032%
Piauí	1,208	0.037%
Rio Grande do Norte	1,172	0.036%
Alagoas	1,076	0.034%
Tocantins	952	0.063%
Rondônia	948	0.060%
Sergipe	891	0.040%
Acre	204	0.025%
Amapá	178	0.024%
Roraima	167	0.026%

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

About the name Hélio

Wiktionary records Hélio as a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος (Hḗlios), the name of the sun god, from ἥλιος, 'sun'; Behind the Name gives the same meaning for Helios, the young sun god of Greek mythology, and lists Hélio as his Portuguese form. Élio, without the H, appears in Behind the Name as the Italian form of both Helios and the Roman name Aelius, of unknown meaning and traditionally linked to Greek helios, 'sun'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 116,954 people named Hélio, with a median age of 54. Both spellings are almost always male and have the most records among people born in the 1960s; proportionally, Hélio is most common in Minas Gerais.

This is the spelling with the initial H, as in Greek Hélios, and the most recorded in the group; Behind the Name gives it as the Portuguese form of Helios.

Other spellings of Hélio

Spelling	People (2022)
Hélio	116,954
Élio	29,318

Sources

Wiktionary: Hélio · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Helios · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Elio · behindthename.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Helio · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Hélio

What does the name Hélio mean?

Hélio means “sun”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Hélio in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 116,954 people with the first name Hélio, which ranks it number 279 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Hélio a boy's or a girl's name?

Hélio is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 313 women and 116,641 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Hélio?

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

In which Brazilian state is Hélio most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.091% of the state's population is named Hélio (18,589 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hélio?

Élio. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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