Helga

See also helga

English

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Etymology

Old Norse Helga ("holy"), a pre-Christian term, feminine form of Helgi.

Proper noun

Helga

1. A female given name occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.

Related terms

• Olga

Translations

female given name

• Danish: Helga (da)
• Faroese: Helga (fo) f
• Finnish: Helka (fi)
• German: Helga (de)
• Greek: Όλγα (el) f (Ólga)

• Icelandic: Helga (is) f
• Latvian: Elga (lv) f
• Norwegian: Helga (no)
• Russian: Ольга (ru) (Ól'ga) f 
• Swedish: Helga (sv)

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Helga

Proper noun

Helga

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Helge, Helle, Olga

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Estonian

Proper noun

Helga

1. A female given name, ultimately from Old Norse Helga.

Related terms

• Helgi, Helju, Olga, Olli

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German

Proper noun

Helga

1. A female given name borrowed from Scandinavia, ultimately from Old Norse Helga.

Related terms

• Helge, Olga

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Icelandic

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Proper noun

Helga

1. A female given name borrowed from Scandinavia, ultimately from Old Norse Helga.

Related terms

• Olga

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Norwegian

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Etymology

From Old Norse Helga

Proper noun

Helga

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Hege, Helge, Helle, Olga

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• Hǫlga

Etymology

From the Old Norse adjectives helga, a weak forms of *heiligr (“happy, lucky”).

The alternative form Hǫlga stems from the Old Norse adjective hǫlga, a weak form of *heilugr.

Cognate to the male given names Helgi and Hǫlgi.

Proper noun

Helga f

1. A female given name.

Descendants

• Danish: Helga, Helle
• Norwegian: Helga
• Russian: Ольга (Ol'ga)
• Swedish: Helga, Hella

References

• Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, ISBN 82-991668-0-2
• Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964

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Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Norse Helga

Proper noun

Helga

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Helge
• Olga