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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Helléan in Brittany, France. The name was taken to England by Tihel de Helion, who after the Norman conquest gave his name to the manor of Helions Bumpstead in Essex.

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