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Meaning of the nameHeloa

Heloa is a spelling of the name Eloá, which means “god”.

Meaning

“god”

Meaning of the name Eloá, of which Heloa is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Eloá

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People (2022)
17,705
Rank in Brazil
#1,151
Median age
5 years
2010 Census
2,272
people

Heloa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Heloa, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (8,253 people).

17,571 women 134 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 Heloa is most common

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

  1. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.014%
  2. Espírito Santo 0.014%
  3. Tocantins 0.013%
  4. Mato Grosso 0.013%
  5. Rondônia 0.013%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5,1020.012%
Minas Gerais1,6470.008%
Rio de Janeiro1,4570.009%
Bahia1,4130.010%
Paraná1,2350.011%
Goiás8260.012%
Santa Catarina7230.010%
Pernambuco5970.007%
Pará5680.007%
Espírito Santo5200.014%
Mato Grosso4690.013%
Maranhão4070.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul3850.014%
Amazonas2800.007%
Ceará2630.003%
Paraíba2410.006%
Alagoas2350.008%
Distrito Federal2030.007%
Rondônia2030.013%
Tocantins1950.013%
Piauí1700.005%
Sergipe1590.007%
Rio Grande do Norte1240.004%
Rio Grande do Sul1220.001%
Acre770.009%
Amapá570.008%
Roraima270.004%

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

The spelling Heloa

It adds an initial H and drops the accent; almost everyone with this spelling was born from the 2000s on.

About the name Eloá

Wiktionary records Eloá as a borrowing from the Hebrew אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾélôah), 'god'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Eloah, Heloa and Heloah as spelling variants of Eloá. It is a very recent name in Brazil: in the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 121,392 people named Eloá, with a median age of 4. The three spellings in the group differ by the accent and by the initial or final H, and, proportionally, Eloá is most common in Rondônia.

Other spellings of Eloá

SpellingPeople (2022)
Eloá121,392
Eloah30,725
Heloa17,705

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Eloá · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Eloá · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Heloa

What does the name Heloa mean?

Heloa means “god”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Eloá, of which Heloa is a spelling.

How many people are named Heloa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 17,705 people with the first name Heloa, which ranks it number 1,151 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Heloa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 17,571 women and 134 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Heloa?

Heloa is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Heloa most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.014% of the state's population is named Heloa (385 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Heloa?

Eloá and Eloah. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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