Hélder is a boy's name of Portuguese origin meaning “pure.” In England & Wales it was given to 3 boys in 2006.
Hélder belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “pure” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Hélder first appears in Social Security records in 1970. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3465 in 1977, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 230 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Hélder means “pure” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Hélder is a boy name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2006.
Hélder comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Hélder first appears in US records in 1970. Its best-ever ranking was #3465 in 1977, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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