Given name & surname
Heller
“of the sun; one who is bright or brilliant”
Heller is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “of the sun; one who is bright or brilliant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “of the sun; one who is bright or brilliant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Heller through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 23,521 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Heller’s family of names
Heller has a related form in Helia. Heller has a related form in Helly. Heller has a related form in Hellar.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 18
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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