Helme

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Obsolete spelling of helm

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈhɛɫm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Helme is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 72K(measured from records)
  • NONorway1 in 195K
  • DKDenmark1 in 345K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

372 people, 2010

Sources
16 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 72K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Obsolete spelling of helm.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Helme 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.

Where Helme is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3721 in 894K372Helme13
FI Finland771 in 72K77—1
BR Brazil611 in 3.5M61Helme16
NO Norway281 in 195K28—1
DK Denmark171 in 345K17——
SE Sweden111 in 928K11—1

372 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. 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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)

Helme 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, nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Helm

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In fro, helmet (protective headguard)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, vocative singular of helmus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ang, dative singular of helm

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In enm, A tiller or helm.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

1700180019002000Elizabeth Helme, b. 1767Norval Helme, b. 1849Jack Helme, b. 1897Francis Helme, b. 1899Mart Helme, b. 1949Sirje Helme, b. 1949Rein Helme, b. 1954Helle-Moonika Helme, b. 1966Martin Helme, b. 1976Peeter Helme, b. 1978

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)

FormalDear Mr Helme,
InformalHi Helme,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Helme
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010372#55,255
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000357#54,152
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020343#62,967
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—77#15,677
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—61#91,082
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—28#35,938
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—23—
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—17#26,256
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—11#36,898
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 6

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)

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 Helme mean, and where does it come from?
Obsolete spelling of helm. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Helme?
A machine transcription gives /ˈhɛɫm/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Helme have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 372 people named Helme, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled helme.
Where is Helme most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Helme is densest in Finland — about 1 in 72 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Helme?
In the United States, the national register counted 372 people named Helme in 2010, about 1 in 894 thousand residents.

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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, “Helme”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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