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Helga

For other uses, see Helga (disambiguation).

Helga (derived from Old Norse heilagr - "holy", "blessed") is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, German-speaking countries and the Low Countries (Hege, Helle, Helge, Helga, Helka or Oili). The name was in use in England before the Norman Conquest, but appears to have died out afterwards. It was re-introduced to English-speaking nations in the 20th century from Germany, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries. Scandinavian male equivalent is Helge, or Helgi. Eastern Slavic names Olga (Ольга) and Oleg (Олег) are derived from it.

Helga
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameOld Norse
Meaning"holy", "blessed"
Other names
Related namesHælga, Helge, Helgi, Hege, Hæge, Helja, Helle, Helka, Oili, Olga

Name days: Estonia - May 31, Hungary - October 3, Latvia - October 9, Sweden - November 21, Finland - May 31, Greece - 11 July

Helga was among the most popular names for girls in Germany from the 1920s to the 1950s.[1]

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  • Helga, also known as Saint Olga, (c. 890-969), Princess of Kiev

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  • Helga Einsele (1910–2005), German criminologist, prison director, and high-profile prisons reformer
  • Helga Eng (1875–1966), Norwegian psychologist and educationalist
  • Helga Erhart, Austrian para-alpine skier
  • Helga Estby (1860–1942), American suffragist
  • Helga Exner (born 1939), Czech-born Danish goldsmith

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  • Helga Wagner (born 1956), German former swimmer
  • Helga Wanglie (1903-1991), elderly woman in a persistent vegetative state
  • Helga Weippert (1943–2019), German Old Testament scholar
  • Helga Weisz (born 1961), Austrian industrial ecologist, climate scientist, and professor of industrial ecology and climate change

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  • Helga, one of the two phantom torsos carried by the Artemis 1 mission

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  1. ^ Laversuch, I.M. (December 2010), "Margarete and Sulamith under the Swastika: Girls' Names in Nazi Germany", Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 58 (4): 219–30
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