Girl · Germanic, through French
Heloísa
Say it: eh-loh-EE-zah
Meaning
From Old French Héloïse, probably of Germanic origin; the elements are uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Popular in Brazil since the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 74 babies given this name since 2006
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 84,100 girls
- 19 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Heloise
| French | Héloïse |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Eloísa |
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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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