Meaning, origin and history of the name Hilmi

Gender Masculine

Scripts حلمي (Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈħil.miːj/ (Arabic) [key ·simplify]

Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as HİLMİ in uppercase and hilmi in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Means "patient, tolerant" in Arabic, from the root حلم (ḥaluma) meaning "to be gentle" [1] .

VariantHelmi (Arabic)

Other Languages & CulturesHelmi (Indonesian) Helmi (Malay)

Wehr, Hans. A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1979, page 236.