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Helga
Helga| Gender | Female |
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| Word/name | Old Norse |
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| Meaning | "holy", "blessed" |
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| Related names | Hælga, Helge, Helgi, Hege, Hæge, Helja, Helle, Helka, Oili, Olga |
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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.
Name days: Estonia - May 31, Hungary - October 3, Latvia - October 9, Sweden - November 21, Finland - May 31, Greece - 11 July
People
- 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 Gill, Women Suffrage Society Organizer
- Helga Gitmark (1929–2008), Norwegian politician
- Helga Glöckner-Neubert (1938–2017), German writer
- Helga Gnauer (1929–1990), Austrian fencer
- Helga Goebbels (1932–1945), eldest daughter of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and Magda Goebbels
- Helga Goetze (1922–2008), German artist, writer, and free love activist
- Helga Gomes, biological oceanographer
- Helga Göring (1922–2010), German stage, television, and film actress
- Helga Görlin, Swedish soprano and voice teacher
- Helga Grebing (1930–2017), German historian and university professor
- Helga Guitton (born 1942), German radio announcer
- Helga Gunerius Eriksen (born 1950), Norwegian novelist and children's writer
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- Helga Haase (1934–1989), Polish-born speed skater in East Germany
- Helga Hahnemann (1937–1991), East German multi-faceted stage performer and entertainer
- Helga Halldórsdóttir (born 1963), Icelandic hurdler
- Helga Haugen (1932–2024), Norwegian politician
- Helga Haugland Byfuglien (born 1950), Norwegian bishop
- Helga Helgesen (1863–1936), Norwegian domestic science teacher and politician
- Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann (1930–2013), Austrian sprint canoer
- Helga Henning (1937–2018), German sprinter
- Helga Henselder-Barzel (1940–1995), German political scientist
- Helga Hernes (born 1938), German-born Norwegian political scientist, diplomat, and politician
- Helga Hoffmann (born 1937), German track and field athlete
- Helga Hörz (born 1935), German Marxist philosopher and women's rights activist
- Helga Hošková-Weissová (born 1929), Czech artist and Holocaust survivor
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- Helga Karlsen (1882–1936), Norwegian politician
- Helga Klein (1931–2021), German athlete
- Helga Knapp, former Austrian Paralympic alpine skier
- Helga Koch (born 1942), German fencer
- Helga Kohl (born 1943), Polish-born photographer based in Namibia
- Helga Königsdorf (1938–2014), German mathematician and author
- Helga Konrad (born 1948), Austrian politician
- Helga W. Kraft, German-American professor
- Helga Krapf (born 1988), Filipina actress
- Helga Krause (1935–1989), German film editor
- Helga Kreuter-Eggemann (1914–1970), German art historian
- Helga Kühn-Mengel (born 1947), German politician
- Helga Kuhse, Australian philosopher
- Helga Kurm (1920–2011), Estonian pedagogical scientist
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- Helga Labs (born 1940), East German politician
- Helga Landauer (born 1969), Russian director, writer, and poet, based in New York City
- Helga Larsen (1884–1947), Danish trade unionist and pioneering politician
- Helga van Leur (born 1970), Dutch meteorologist
- Helga Lie (1930–2019), Norwegian politician
- Helga Lindner (1951–2021), German swimmer
- Helga Liné (born 1932), Portuguese-Spanish film actress and circus acrobat
- Helga Livytska, Ukrainian humanitarian and public figure
- Helga Lopez (1952–2022), German politician
- Helga Luber, former East German slalom canoeist
- Helga Lütten (born 1961), German former professional tennis player
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- Helga Martin (1940–1999), German film actress
- Helga Matschkur (born 1943), German gymnast
- Helga Mees (1937–2014), German fencer
- Helga Moddansdóttir, Haakon Paulsson’s mistress
- Helga Molander (1896–1986), German actress
- Helga Moreira (born 1950), Portuguese poet
- Helga de la Motte-Haber (born 1938), German musicologist
- Helga Mucke-Wittbrodt (1910–1999), German physician
- Helga Mühlberg-Ulze, East German sprint canoeist
- Helga Müller, German luger
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- Helga Salvesen (1963-2016), Norwegian physician and professor of medicine
- Helga Schauerte-Maubouet (born 1957), German-French organist, writer, and music editor
- Helga Schmid (born 1960), German diplomat
- Helga Schmidt-Neuber (1937-2018), German swimmer
- Helga Schneider (born 1937), Italian writer of German origin
- Helga Schubert (born 1940), German psychologist and author
- Helga Schuchardt (born 1939), German politician
- Helga Schultze (1940-2015), German female tennis player
- Helga Seibert (1939-1999), judge at Bundesverfassungsgericht
- Helga Seidler (born 1949), German former athlete and Olympic medalist
- Helga Sigurðardóttir (born 1969), Icelandic swimmer
- Helga María Sista (born 1947), Argentine alpine skier
- Helga Slessarev, scholar of German literature
- Helga Stene (1904-1983), Norwegian educator, feminist, and resistance member
- Helga Stentzel, Russian-born visual artist
- Helga Stephenson, Canadian media executive
- Helga Steudel (born 1939), German former motorcyclist and car racer
- Helga Stevens, Belgian politician
- Helga Stroh (born 1938), German fencer
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- Helga Tawil-Souri (born 1969), Palestinian-American media scholar and documentary filmmaker
- Helga Testorf, subject of Andrew Wyeth's famous paintings
- Helga Thaler Ausserhofer (born 1952), Italian politician
- Helga Thomas (1891–1988), Swedish film actress
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966), 41st Prime Minister of Denmark
- Helga Timm (1924-2014), German politician
- Helga Charlotte Tolle, German actress, singer and dancer
- Helga Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir (born 1991), Icelandic heptathlete
- Helga Trüpel (born 1958), German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
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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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Fictional characters
- Helga, wife of Hagar in the comic strip Hägar the Horrible
- Helga, a Dutch enemy character in the fighting game Human Killing Machine
- Helga the Fair, a character in Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu
- Helga, a character in the game Suikoden IV
- Helga, wife of Floki, character in the historical series Vikings
- Helga von Bubble, a character in the Toy Story Toons short, Partysaurus Rex
- Helga Gallimard, wife of Rene Gallimard in the play M Butterfly
- Helga Geerhart, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
- Helga Hufflepuff, founder of Hogwarts' Hufflepuff house in the Harry Potter books
- Helga Jace, a character in DC Comics
- Helga Pataki, a character in the Nickelodeon animated series Hey Arnold!
- Helga Phugly, a character in The Oblongs
- Helga Rasmussen, a founder of the Black Armory in the video game Destiny 2
- Helga Sinclair, a character in Atlantis: The Lost Empire
- Helga Von Guggen, an antagonist in Totally Spies
Other
- Helga, one of the two phantom torsos carried by the Artemis 1 mission
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