Given name & surname
Hema
“the golden child; one who shines”
Hema is a variant of Hemangini. One Indian interpretation is “the golden child; one who shines.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hema is a variant of Hemangini. One Indian interpretation is “the golden child; one who shines.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hema is a variant of Hemangini. An origin associated with Hemangini is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hema through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 170
- 0 boys · 170 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,766 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,766 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,312 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 51,408 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hema’s family of names
Hema has a related form in Hemangini. In Burmese usage, Hema is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ဟေမာ. In Burmese usage, Hema is a transliteration of ဟေမာ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hema
- Hema MaliniIndian actress, dancer, and politicianborn 1948
- Hema SardesaiIndian playback singer
- Hema Gamangpolitician from Odisha, Indiaborn 1961
- Hema NaikIndian writer
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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