Helmut
given name · Latin script
Meaning: a male given name, popular during the first half of the 20th century
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hɛlmuːt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Helmut is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 27th most common given name.
- DEGermany≈1 in 196(inferred from the name graph)
- ATAustria≈1 in 385
- BEBelgium≈1 in 4.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Helmut itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 436 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 196 (inferred from the name graph)
≈410,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a male given name, popular during the first half of the 20th century
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Helmut counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #27 | ≈410,000 est. | ≈1 in 196 | listed | Helmut | 268 |
| AT Austria | #59 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 385 | 982 | Helmut | 159 |
| BR Brazil | — | 4,043as Helem | 1 in 52K | 5.4K | — | 3 |
| BE Belgium | #900 | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | 14 | Helmut | 43 |
| PL Poland | #668 | 2,012 | 1 in 19K | 2.1K | Helmut | 2 |
| CH Switzerland | #512 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 6K | 23 | Helmut | 64 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 866 | 1 in 12K | 866 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Helmut is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, ) Helmuth; Hellmut; Hell muth: männl. Vom., dessen Vergabe erst ab
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Swedish, Helmut är ett tyskt namn, sammansatt av fornhögtyskt helm ’hjälm’ och muot ’sinne lag; själ’. En känd namnbärare är den förre tyske förbundskanslern Helmut Kohl (1930–2017).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Germanic: ‘sound mind’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Spirito della battaglia
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
German: from an old Germanic personal name composed of the elements helm helmet, protection + muot spirit, courage. Although both these elements are well attested in other names from the earliest times, this particular combination does not seem to occur before the late Middle Ages. It continues to be an extremely popular and widespread German given name. Variant: Helmuth .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Helmut Hasseb. 1898DEGerman mathematician (1898–1979)
- Helmut Käutnerb. 1908DEGerman film director and actor (1908–1980)
- Helmut Schönb. 1915DEGerman football player and coach (1915-1996)
- Helmut Dantineb. 1917USAustrian-American actor (1917–1982)
- Helmut Schmidtb. 1918DEChancellor of West Germany (1974–1982)
- Helmut Rahnb. 1929DEGerman association football player (1929–2003)
- Helmut Kohlb. 1930DEChancellor of West Germany and reunified Germany (1982–1998)
- Helmut Hallerb. 1939DEGerman footballer (1939–2012)
- Helmut Bergerb. 1944ATAustrian actor (1944–2023)
- Helmut Kremersb. 1949DEGerman footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 63 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2.1K | #332 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 2K | #351 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2022 | 982 | #1,224 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 866 | #523 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 811 | #10,509 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 539 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 538 | #12,688 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 433 | #587 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 433 | #572 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1990 | 22 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2022 | 2 | #1,470 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Helmut mean, and where does it come from?
- a male given name, popular during the first half of the 20th century Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Helmut?
- In the etymology graph, Helmuth is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Helmut?
- A machine transcription gives /hɛlmuːt/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Helmut a male or female name?
- Helmut is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Helmut have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 410 thousand people named Helmut in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled helmut.
- How common is the name Helmut?
- In Poland, the national register counted 2,012 people named Helmut in 2026, about 1 in 19 thousand residents.
- How common is Helmut compared with other names?
- In Germany, Helmut is the 27th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Helmut?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/helmutThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Helmut” — the 27th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.