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Meaning of the nameHellem

Hellem is a spelling of the name Elem.

Meaning

The meaning of Hellem is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
2,074
Rank in Brazil
#4,981
Median age
20 years
2010 Census
1,794
people

Hellem in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Hellem, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (746 people).

2,068 women 0 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 Hellem is most common

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

  1. Pará 0.005%
  2. Maranhão 0.002%
  3. Goiás 0.002%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. Bahia 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Pará4220.005%
Minas Gerais2070.001%
São Paulo1910.000%
Maranhão1550.002%
Bahia1190.001%
Goiás1180.002%
Amazonas900.002%
Rio de Janeiro810.001%
Tocantins740.005%
Mato Grosso670.002%
Paraná620.001%
Pernambuco620.001%
Rio Grande do Sul610.001%
Ceará520.001%
Espírito Santo440.001%
Santa Catarina380.001%
Paraíba300.001%
Distrito Federal300.001%
Rio Grande do Norte270.001%
Piauí250.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul220.001%
Rondônia200.001%
Roraima200.003%
Amapá180.003%
Sergipe170.001%

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

The spelling Hellem

It combines the two marks of the group, the initial H and the doubled L, and is the least frequent of the four.

About the name Elem

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Elem and Helem as spelling variants of Helen, a name that Behind the Name gives as the English form of the Greek Helene. The origin of the spelling with a final M, however, is uncertain, and the meaning of Elem is not known for certain. The four spellings in the group differ by the initial H and the doubled L. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,749 people named Elem, with a median age of 21. The name is almost always female, the largest number were born in the 2000s, and, proportionally, it is most common in Pará.

Other spellings of Elem

SpellingPeople (2022)
Elem5,749
Helem4,043
Ellem3,223
Hellem2,074

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Helen · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Behind the Name: Helen · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Hellem

What does the name Hellem mean?

The meaning of Hellem is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Hellem in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,074 people with the first name Hellem, which ranks it number 4,981 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Hellem a boy's or a girl's name?

Hellem is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,068 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

In which Brazilian state is Hellem most common?

Proportionally, in Pará: 0.005% of the state's population is named Hellem (422 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Hellem?

Elem, Helem and Ellem. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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