Helly is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Helly
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Name worn in the Ardeche, where the oldest entries are at the Bold from the late fifteenth century (also found there a hamlet called "Hellys"). He also writes Hély. As indicated by other ancient variants (Elijah Helie, Hélye), it seems to fit the Biblical name Elijah often written Helie (see Helies for directions).

How popular is Helly?

Helly is ranked 186838 on our list.

Helly is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in Indonesia. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Monaco. Around 1886 people have been found who wears Helly as their family name. Helly is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
59,967 Moldova4
10,542 China4
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
18,035 Egypt2
91,784 Netherlands2
82,478 South Africa2
2,724 New Caledonia1
165,773 Belarus1
10,958 Bangladesh1
49,101 Denmark1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
37,493 Austria1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
172,258 Germany1
49,529 Israel1
153,416 Italy1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,309 Monaco1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
77,122 Sweden1
81,201 Switzerland1
8,371 Syria1
53,505 Turkey1
11,486 Estonia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
212,163 Russia41
344,912 India28
103,933 Canada25
173,579 Ukraine18
100,009 Australia15
14,528 Mauritania13
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,500 Tanzania85
60,099 England59
Countries with hundreds of Helly:
15,634 Indonesia763
24,414 France404
64,630 Brazil143
157,427 United States127
3,314 Ireland120
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Comments

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Kim Buttrey
 Helly is a surname, represents a spelling variation helie, baptism name of biblical origin, derived from the Hebrew Elijah, that is to say, my god jehovah this name was popularized by the prophet Elie.

Helly Namesakes

  • Paul Hellyer, Canadian Politician
  • John Hellyer Liddell, Businessman
  • Alice Hellyer Dally, Author
  • Eduard Helly, Mathematician
  • Albert Hellyer, Politician
  • Paul Hellyer, Canadian Politician
  • Paul Hellyer, Canadian Politician
  • Tone Helly-Hansen, Film actress
  • Christine Hellyar, Artist
  • Eduard Helly, Mathematician

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