Given name & surname
Helmi
“pearl”
Helmi is a feminine given name. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Helmi is a short form of VILHELMIINA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Helmi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 365
- 0 boys · 365 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 29 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 6 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 29 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 198 as a first name in 2020; 168 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.
Helmi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Helmi is a short form of VILHELMIINA. In Indonesian usage, Helmi has a related form in HILMI.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Helmi
- Helmi DresenEstonian translator, Esperantist (1892-1941)
- Helmi KrohnFinnish writer, translator and editor (1871–1967)
- Helmi LindelöfFinnish actress (1884–1966)
- Helmi BieseFinnish painter (1867-1933)
- Helmi JohannesIndonesian television presenterborn 1961
- Helmi MäeloEstonian writer (1898-1978)
- Helmi ÜprusEstonian art historian (1911-1978)
- Helmi HöhleGerman fencer1924–2012
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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