Boy · German
Helmut
Say it: HEL-moot
Meaning
Uncertain: perhaps from helm 'helmet' and muot 'spirit', or from heil 'healthy' and muot.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Very popular in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 452 babies given this name since 1913
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 73,200 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Helmuth
Famous bearers
- Helmut Kohl, German chancellor
- Helmut Schmidt, German chancellor
- Helmuth von Moltke, field marshal
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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