Friedhelm
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from Germanic *fridu- 'peace' + *helm- 'helmet, protection'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/fʁiːthɛlm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Friedhelm is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Finland.
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Germanic *fridu- 'peace' + *helm- 'helmet, protection'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Friedhelm counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | — | 43 | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | 38 | — |
| PL Poland | — | 25 | — |
| ES Spain | — | 23 | — |
| SE Sweden | — | 15 | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Friedhelm is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from fried- 'peace' + helm 'helmet, protection'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, a male given name from Old High German.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, zu ahd. fridu/altsächs. frithu 'Friede' + Helm; 15 Belege
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, ) Fridhelm: alter deutscher männl. Vom. (ahd. fridu »Schutz vor Waffen gewalt, Friede« + ahd. hdm »Helm«).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Germanic: ‘helmet of peace’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Friedhelm Grundmannb. 1925DEGerman architect (1925–2015)
- Friedhelm Ptokb. 1933DEGerman actor and voice actor
- Friedhelm Wentzkeb. 1935DEGerman sprint canoeist
- Friedhelm Fischerkellerb. 1935DEGerman road bicycle racer (1935–2008)
- Friedhelm Döhlb. 1936DEGerman composer and music teacher (1936-2018)
- Friedhelm Hengsbachb. 1937DEProfessor of Christian social ethics
- Friedhelm Konietzkab. 1938DEGerman football player and manager (1938–2012)
- Friedhelm Waldhausenb. 1938DEGerman mathematician
- Friedhelm Funkelb. 1953DEfootball player and manager
- Friedhelm Boginskib. 1955DEGerman politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 43 | #6,861 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 38 | #7,941 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 25 | #5,492 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 24 | #5,270 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 23 | #50,884 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 21 | #25,716 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #23,052 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 17 | #21,429 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 15 | #28,713 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 15 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 15 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 14 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Friedhelm mean, and where does it come from?
- from Germanic *fridu- 'peace' + *helm- 'helmet, protection' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What are other forms of the name Friedhelm?
- In the etymology graph, Friedrich is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Friedhelm?
- A machine transcription gives /fʁiːthɛlm/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Friedhelm a male or female name?
- Friedhelm is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Friedhelm have the most bearers?
- Friedhelm is most frequently recorded in Finland.
What do you want to know about Friedhelm?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/friedhelmThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Friedhelm”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.