Sophie Kihm has been writing for Nameberry since 2015. She has contributed stories on the 

. Sophie is Nameberry’s resident Name Guru to the Stars, where she suggests names for celebrity babies. She also manages the Nameberry 

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Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking 

, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the 

, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for 

Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include 

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The name Hélie is a boy's name of French origin meaning "my God is Yahweh".

A variation of Helias, itself a Latin form of modern favorites, Elias and Elijah, Hélie is a French name, pronounced similarly to the English Ellie but with emphasis on both syllables. Seen occasionally in France, alternative Élie is preferred. 
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While the Hebrew root is better established, other sources link the name to the Greek Helios (and Roman Aelius) meaning "sun". The typical French forms would be Élio and Elyo in this case, though it make be this ancient, sunny connection parents have in mind.
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The name was chosen by Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg her husband, Nicolas Bagory, in 2025. 

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