Helah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Helah

What is the meaning of the name Helah ?

The baby name Helah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced HEH-lah (ˈhɛlə),HEE-lah (ˈhiːlə).

Helah is Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Norse in Origin.

Helah is a rare feminine name of Hebrew origin, appearing in 1 Chronicles 4:5 as one of Ashhur of Tekoa’s wives. The Hebrew form is usually parsed from the root h-l-’ (chet-lamed-aleph), a noun found elsewhere meaning “rust,” “corrosion,” or metaphorically “disease,” hence the cautious gloss “rust, infirmity.” Its terse, archaic feel places it among the compact, one-word biblical women’s names that entered onomastic record chiefly through scripture rather than later tradition.

Beyond the Bible, Helah has seen only sporadic use, surfacing occasionally in early modern English and American Puritan records that favored obscure Old Testament names. Variants and transliterations include Chelah (reflecting the guttural ḥet), Hela, and the Vulgate’s Halaa; do not confuse it with Scandinavian Hela/Hel or modern Israeli Hila, which are unrelated. Because of its brevity, Helah seldom forms stable nicknames, though Hela or Hel may occur.