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Helga
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helga Helgą
English
Etymology
From en non Helga holy, a pre-Christian term, feminine form of non Helgi. en Olga.
Pronunciation
en /ˈhɛlɡə/
Proper noun
en female Old Norse occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
Related terms
en Olga
Translations
female given name
Danish: da Helga
Faroese: fo Helga f
Finnish: fi Helka
French: fr Helga f
German: de Helga f
Greek: el Όλγα f
Hungarian: hu Helga
Icelandic: is Helga f
Ingrian: izh Oljga
Latvian: lv Elga f
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: nn Helga f
Portuguese: pt Helga f
Russian: ru О́льга f
Swedish: sv Helga
Anagrams
en aeghl Hagle
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :der non:Helga + 1
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb female Old Norse
Danish
Etymology
From da non Helga.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Old Norse
Related terms
da Helge, da Helle, da Olga
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɦɛl.ɣaː/
nl Nl-Helga.ogg
nl Hel ga
Proper noun
f
nl female
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female, ultimately from et non Helga
Related terms
et Helgi, et Helju, et Olga, et Olli
Faroese
Etymology
From fo non Helga.
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Helguson Helgudóttir
Declension
Helga Helgu Helgu Helgu
Finnish
Etymology
From fi sv Helga, from fi non helga holy.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Helg a
Statistics
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References
German
Pronunciation
de De-Helga.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f Helgas
de female non:Helga
Related terms
de Helge, de Olga
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
hu Hel ga
hu ɡɒ 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu female
Declension
Helgá oHelgá
Icelandic
is:
Proper noun
@@
is female Old Norse Helgi
Declension
f
Related terms
is Olga
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Alternative forms
nn Helge Hæge Hege
Etymology
From nn non Helga, from non *heiligr happy, lucky.
Proper noun
f
nn female Old Norse Helge
Related terms
nn Hella, nn Olga
References
170
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Old Norse
Alternative forms
non Hǫlga
Etymology
From the Old Norse adjectives non helga, a weak forms of non *heiligr happy, lucky.
The alternative form non Hǫlga stems from the Old Norse adjective non hǫlga, a weak form of non *heilugr.
Cognate to the male given names non Helgi and non Hǫlgi.
Proper noun
f Helgu
non female
Descendants
is Helga
fo Helga
no Helga Hege Hæge<qq:Setesdal>
gmq-osw Hiælgha Hælgha
sv Helga Hella
da Helga Helle
fi Helka Hella 1
ru О́льга 1
be Во́льга 1
uk О́льга 1
Proper noun
non proper noun form m
non Helgi acc ; dat ; gen
Further reading
Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, 82-991668-0-2
Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :der non:Helga + 1 Olga
Pronunciation
Pl-Helga.ogg
Proper noun
f
pl female Helga
Declension
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Hélga
pt ɛlɡɐ Portugal ɛwɡɐ Brazil 2
pt Hel ga
Proper noun
f
pt female Helga
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Hȅlga
Proper noun
Hȅlga f
sh female
Declension
Helg
Further reading
Slovak
sk:
Etymology
sk :der sv:Helga<ety:uder<non:Helga>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
sk female
Declension
f loan
Further reading
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
From sv gmq-osw Hiælgha, gmq-osw Hælgha, from sv non Helga.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Helga.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Related terms
sv Helge
sv Olga
Anagrams
sv aeghl hagel