Heloisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-loh-EE-zah
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Heloisa is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “healthy + wide”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Heloisa mean?
Germanic: Portuguese form of Heloise
“healthy + wide”
Portuguese form of Heloise, recalling the medieval scholar Heloise and her letters with Abelard.
Is Heloisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Heloisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Heloisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Heloisa, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Heloisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
How popular is Heloisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,721st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Heloisa, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Heloisa in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Heloisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Nicknames for Heloisa
- Helo
Names like Heloisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella, Maeva, Eliana, Ariella, Luna, Aria, Pippa, Isla, Dua, Mila, Alora, Elodie
Names related to Heloisa
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Heloisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/heloisa, updated 20 October 2026.