Given name
Hjalmer
“one who wears an army helmet”
Hjalmer is a variant of Hjalmar. One interpretation is “one who wears an army helmet.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hjalmer is a variant of Hjalmar. One interpretation is “one who wears an army helmet.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hjalmer is a variant of Hjalmar. An origin associated with Hjalmar is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hjalmer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 202
- 202 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 14 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 boys is 5 in 1932. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hjalmer’s family of names
Hjalmer has a related form in Hjalmar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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