Helios
Helios is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning The sun.
What Helios means
The sun.
Helios sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Helios comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Helios is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Helios?
In the boy name rankings we track, Helios falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Helios
Two ideas meet in Helios: light and brightness, Sky and the stars and sky. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Helios
These share Helios's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Aditya — The sun.
- Hyperion — The high one; a Titan of light.
- Apollo — God of light, music and the sun.
- Icarus — Follower; one who flew to the sun.
- Phoebus — Radiant and shining.
- Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
- Aarush — First ray of the sun.
- Elio — The sun.
- Sorin — Sun.
- Uriel — God is my light.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Haneul — Sky; heaven.
More Greek names
- Helena — Bright, shining light.
- Hermione — Messenger; of the earth.
- Helen — Light; a torch.
- Hesper — The evening star.
- Hector — Holding fast; steadfast defender.
- Homer — Pledge; the great poet.
- Harmony — Perfect agreement and balance.
- Hyacinth — The fragrant purple bloom.
- Halo — A ring of holy light.
- Hyperion — The high one; a Titan of light.