Across the world, هيلم (Helm 
, Helme , هيلم 
) is quite a common epicene given name. The forename هيلم is characteristic of Egypt, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Saudi Arabia, where it is a rare epicene name, and Libya, where it is a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Egypt, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia. More frequently, هيلم is the last name as well as the forename.
هيلم is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Helm Hammerhand , the Middle-earth character and Helm , the fictional deity from Dungeons & Dragons.