Helder Family History
Helder Surname Meaning
Dutch and German: from an ancient Germanic personal name Halidher composed of the elements halith ‘hero’ + hari heri ‘army’ or from another personal name Hildher composed of the elements hild ‘strife battle’ + the same second element.
Dutch: nickname for a lucid untroubled or clean person from Middle Dutch helder ‘clean bright clear’. English: occupational name from Middle English helder ‘tenant’; see Holder.
English: topographic name denoting a ‘dweller at the slope’, an agent derivative of Middle English helde hilde ‘slope’ (Old English hylde). Compare Heald.
English: occasionally perhaps a variant of Heller with an intrusive -d-; see Hillier.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022