Helmut

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Helmut Given Name
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Helmut, (Hellmut, Helmuth, Hellmuth, etc.) is a common given name in the German language. As a family name it is rather uncommon.

Its second part "Mut" is clearly German for "courage", "vigour", but about the origin of the first part there are different theories, relating it to historical languages' words for "bright", "hell", "helmet", and "sword".

People bearing the name include

• Helmut Berger, Austrian actor
• Helmut Haller, German football player
• Helmut Hasse, German mathematician
• Helmut Jahn, German-American architect
• Helmut Kohl, former german chancellor
• Helmut Lachenmann, german composer
• Helmut Landsberg, seismologist
• Helmut Lang, fashion designer
• Helmut Lotti, Belgian singer and songwriter
• Helmut Marko, former Austrian racing driver
• Helmut Newton, photograph
• Helmut Rahn, german football player
• Helmut Schmidt, former german chancellor
• Helmut Sick, German-Brazilian ornithologist

The movie Night on Earth features an episode about a character named Helmut (Armin Mueller-Stahl), who is mocked about his name by an English speaker.