Helga

== English == === Etymology === From Old Norse Helga (“holy”), a pre-Christian term, feminine form of Helgi. Doublet of Olga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛlɡə/ === Proper noun === Helga A female given name from Old Norse occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia. ==== Related terms ==== Olga ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Hagle == Cebuano == === Etymology === From Old Norse Helga. === Proper noun === Helga a female given name from Old Norse == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Norse Helga. === Proper noun === Helga a female given name from Old Norse ==== Related terms ==== Helge, Helle, Olga == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɛl.ɣaː/ Hyphenation: Hel‧ga === Proper noun === Helga f a female given name == Estonian == === Proper noun === Helga a female given name, ultimately from Old Norse Helga ==== Related terms ==== Helgi, Helju, Olga, Olli == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse Helga. === Proper noun === Helga f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Helga: Helguson daughter of Helga: Helgudóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Variant of Helka. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhelɡɑ/, [ˈhe̞lɡɑ̝] Rhymes: -elɡɑ Syllabification(key): Hel‧ga Hyphenation(key): Hel‧ga === Proper noun === Helga a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Statistics ==== Helga is the 385th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,093 female individuals (and as a middle name to 447 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. == German == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Helga f (genitive Helgas) a female given name from Old Norse Helga ==== Related terms ==== Helge, Olga == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɛlɡɒ] Hyphenation: Hel‧ga Rhymes: -ɡɒ === Proper noun === Helga a female given name ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Proper noun === Helga f (proper noun, genitive singular Helgu) a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Helgi ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Olga == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Helge, Hæge, Hege === Etymology === From Old Norse Helga, from *heiligr (“happy, lucky”). === Proper noun === Helga f (definite Helga) a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Helge ==== Related terms ==== Hella, Olga === References === Eivind Vågslid (1988), Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 170 Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 3 169 females with the given name Helga living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1880s and 90s. Accessed on 17th January, 2023. == 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 (genitive Helgu) a female given name ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: Helga Faroese: Helga Norwegian: Helga, Hege, Hæge (Setesdal) Old Swedish: Hiælgha, Hælgha Swedish: Helga, Hella Danish: Helga, Helle → Finnish: Helka, Hella → Russian: О́льга (Ólʹga) → Belarusian: Во́льга (Vólʹha) → Ukrainian: О́льга (Ólʹha) === Proper noun === Helga m inflection of Helgi: accusative dative genitive === Further reading === Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964 == Polish == === Etymology === Derived from Old Norse Helga. Doublet of Olga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxɛl.ɡa/ Rhymes: -ɛlɡa Syllabification: Hel‧ga === Proper noun === Helga f a female given name, equivalent to English Helga ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Helga in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛlɡɐ, (Brazil) -ɛwɡɐ Hyphenation: Hel‧ga === Proper noun === Helga f a female given name, equivalent to English Helga == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xêlɡa/ === Proper noun === Hȅlga f (Cyrillic spelling Хе̏лга) a female given name ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Helga”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026 == Slovak == === Etymology === Derived from Swedish Helga, from Old Norse Helga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦelɡa] === Proper noun === Helga f a female given name ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Helga”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish Hiælgha, Hælgha, from Old Norse Helga. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Helga c (genitive Helgas) a female given name ==== Related terms ==== Helge Olga === Anagrams === hagel