Worldwide, Хельма (Helma 
, Хельма 
) is a common principally female, but very infrequently male first name. The first name Хельма is habitual in Germany, where it is quite a common female name, Netherlands, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Brazil. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Germany, Brazil, and Indonesia. Very seldom, Хельма is the last name as well as the forename.
Хельма is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Helma , the fictional character from The Tin Drum by Günter Grass; Helma , the operatic character in the opera Gernot; Helma , the theatrical character in the play "The Park" and Helma , the operatic character in the opera Wenn die kleinen Veilchen blühen.