The helm Surname
helm Name Meaning and History
- English (chiefly Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived by or worked at a rough temporary shelter for animals, Middle English helm (Old Norse hjalmr, related to the Old English and Old High German words in 2 below), or a habitational name from a minor place named Helm or Helme from this word, as for example in County Durham, Northumberland, and West Yorkshire.
- English, German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker of helmets, from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle Dutch helm.
- German and Dutch: from a medieval personal name, a short form of any of the various compound names formed with helm ‘helmet’. Compare, e.g., Helmbrecht.
- Scottish: habitational name from Helme in Roxburghshire (Borders).
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Helm ‘helmet’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Helm | JoAnn Jackson | 9 |
| HELM/HELME Garstang Lancashire | Gordon Cragg | 17 |
| Levi Boone Helm |
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| Pieter or Peter Helm | Hugh Helm | 5 |
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| Bethecy Elizabeth Helm marriage |
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| Nettie Helm | A Helm | 2 |
| HELM Danny Reece 1950-1958 |
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| HELM Opal Lorene and William M Buddy |
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| Kate Helm-William Dickey |
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