feminine Helga

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Origin:
old norse
Name Root:
HELGI > heilagr
Meaning:*
This name derives from the Old Norse “helgi > heilagr,” meaning “holy, blessed.” This name and its variants (Hege, Helle, Helge, Helga, and Helka) are a female name used mainly in Scandinavia, Iceland, Germany, and Hungary. The name was in use in England before the Norman Conquest but appeared to have died out afterward. It was re-introduced to English-speaking nations in the 20th-century from Germany and the Nordic countries. Eastern Slavic name Olga derives from it. The Scandinavian male equivalent is Helge or Helgi. The name day is celebrated: Estonia: May 31, Hungary: October 3, Latvia: August 11, Sweden: November 21, Finland: May 31, Greece: July 11.

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danish
danish
estonian
estonian
faroese
faroese
finnish
finnish
german
german
greenlandic
greenlandic
icelandic
icelandic
norwegian
norwegian
old danish
old danish
old norse
old norse
old swedish
old swedish
swedish
swedish

Use in other languages

bulgarian
croatian
czech
danish
faroese
finnish
german
greenlandic
hungarian (magyar)
icelandic
italian
latvian
macedonian
norwegian
polish
portuguese
romanian
serbian
slovene
spanish
swedish
sami (lapps)
russian
ukrainian
estonian
old norse
belarusian
greek
old danish
old swedish

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Namedoctor Weekly Ranking #7891

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Notable People and Personalities

Helga Anders (1948–1986), German-Austrian actress
Helga Arendt (born 1964), German sprinter
Helga Bayertz (born 1942), former ZDF news reporter
Helga Daub (born 1942), German politician
Helga de la Brache (1817–1885), Swedish con artist
Helga Deen (1925–1943), Jewish victim of National Socialism
Helga Dernesch (born 1939), Austrian soprano and mezzo soprano
Helga Einsele (1910–2005), German criminologist, prison director and criminal law reformer
Helga Feddersen (1930–1990), German actress
Helga Frier (1893–1972), Danish actress
Helga Gießelmann (born 1949), German politician
Helga Guitton (born 1942), German radio announcer
Helga Hahnemann (1937–1991), German entertainer, cabaret singer and actress
Helga Hirsch (born 1948), German publicist and correspondent
Helga Hoffmann (born 1937), German athlete
Helga Klein (born 1931), German athlete
Helga Königsdorf (born 1938), German mathematician and author
Helga Krapf (born 1988), Filipina actress
Helga Kühn-Mengel (born 1947), German psychiatrist
Helga Kuhse, Australian philosopher
Helga Labs (born 1940), East German leader of a pioneer organization
Helga Liné (born 1932), Portuguese-Spanish film actress and circus acrobat
Helga Lopez (born 1952), German politician
Helga M. Novak (born 1935), German-Icelandic author
Helga Meyer (1942–2000), German opera singer
Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk (born 1984), Turkish-German footballer
Helga Niessen Masthoff (born 1941), German tennis player
Helga Pedersen (1911–1980), Danish politician
Helga Pedersen (born 1973), Norwegian politician
Helga Radtke (born 1962), German track and field athlete
Helga Schmedt (born 1929), German politician
Helga Schubert (born 1940), German psychologist and author
Helga Schuchardt (born 1939), German politician
Helga Schütz (born 1937), German author
Helga Seidler (born 1949), German athlete and Olympic medalist
Helga Trüpel (born 1958), German politician
Helga van Niekerk (born 1964), South African radio presenter
Helga Vlahović (born 1945), Croatian journalist and producer
Helga Wex (1924–1986), German politician
Helga Zepp-LaRouche (born 1948), German journalist and politician