Helin (surname)

Helin is a surname and also a given name. Helin (Kurdish: Hêlîn) is a Kurdish female given name which means "bird's nest". Helin is occasionally used by Turks as a female given name due to its resemblance to Helen/Helene.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 42.5% of all known bearers of the surname Helin were residents of Finland (frequency 1:1,620), 15.1% of France (1:55,285), 15.0% of Sweden (1:8,240), 10.2% of the United States (1:442,168), 5.9% of Belgium (1:24,307), 1.9% of Canada (1:238,948), 1.6% of Nigeria (1:1,359,556), 1.5% of Indonesia (1:1,092,966), 1.4% of Argentina (1:395,773) and 1.0% of Estonia (1:16,317).

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,620) in the following regions:

• 1. Pirkanmaa (1:737)
• 2. Satakunta (1:834)
• 3. Tavastia Proper (1:929)
• 4. Southwest Finland (1:961)
• 5. Åland (1:1,009)
• 6. Päijänne Tavastia (1:1,242)
• 7. Uusimaa (1:1,564)

People

• Anne Helin, Finnish ice hockey player
• Bill Helin, Canadian artist
• Calvin Helin, Canadian writer
• Eleanor F. Helin, American astronomer
• Johann Hélin, alternative spelling of Johann Heynlin (c. 1425–1496), a German born French scholar
• Mika Helin (born 1978), Finnish footballer
• Pekka Helin, architect who designed Pikkuparlamentti
• Sofia Helin (born 1972), Swedish actress
• Toomas Helin (born 1966), Estonian drug smuggler
• Topi Helin (born 1978), Finnish Thaiboxer
• Ville Helin, author of Wzonka-Lad
• Helin Avşar, Turkish-Kurdish socialite
• Helin Bölek, Kurdish singer
• Helin Kandemir, Turkish actress
• Helin Evrim Sommer, Kurdish-German Politician
• Hêlîn Qereçox, British YPJ fighter