Helga
English edit
Etymology edit
Old Norse Helga ("holy"), a pre-Christian term, feminine form of Helgi. Doublet of Olga.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Helga
- A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
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Translations edit
Anagrams edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
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Helga
- a female given name from Old Norse
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Helga
- a female given name
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Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
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Helga f
- a female given name
Estonian edit
Proper noun edit
Helga
- a female given name, ultimately from Old Norse Helga
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Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Helga f
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
Matronymics
- son of Helga: Helguson
- daughter of Helga: Helgudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Helga |
Accusative | Helgu |
Dative | Helgu |
Genitive | Helgu |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Helka.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Helga
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Helga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Helga | Helgat | ||
genitive | Helgan | Helgojen | ||
partitive | Helgaa | Helgoja | ||
illative | Helgaan | Helgoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Helga | Helgat | ||
accusative | nom. | Helga | Helgat | |
gen. | Helgan | |||
genitive | Helgan | Helgojen Helgainrare | ||
partitive | Helgaa | Helgoja | ||
inessive | Helgassa | Helgoissa | ||
elative | Helgasta | Helgoista | ||
illative | Helgaan | Helgoihin | ||
adessive | Helgalla | Helgoilla | ||
ablative | Helgalta | Helgoilta | ||
allative | Helgalle | Helgoille | ||
essive | Helgana | Helgoina | ||
translative | Helgaksi | Helgoiksi | ||
abessive | Helgatta | Helgoitta | ||
instructive | — | Helgoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Helga is the 350th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,226 female individuals (and as a middle name to 432 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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Proper noun edit
Helga
- a female given name from Old Norse Helga
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Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
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Helga
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Helga | Helgák |
accusative | Helgát | Helgákat |
dative | Helgának | Helgáknak |
instrumental | Helgával | Helgákkal |
causal-final | Helgáért | Helgákért |
translative | Helgává | Helgákká |
terminative | Helgáig | Helgákig |
essive-formal | Helgaként | Helgákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Helgában | Helgákban |
superessive | Helgán | Helgákon |
adessive | Helgánál | Helgáknál |
illative | Helgába | Helgákba |
sublative | Helgára | Helgákra |
allative | Helgához | Helgákhoz |
elative | Helgából | Helgákból |
delative | Helgáról | Helgákról |
ablative | Helgától | Helgáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Helgáé | Helgáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Helgáéi | Helgákéi |
Possessive forms of Helga | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Helgám | Helgáim |
2nd person sing. | Helgád | Helgáid |
3rd person sing. | Helgája | Helgái |
1st person plural | Helgánk | Helgáink |
2nd person plural | Helgátok | Helgáitok |
3rd person plural | Helgájuk | Helgáik |
Icelandic edit
Proper noun edit
Helga f
- a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Helgi
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Helga, from *heiligr (“happy, lucky”).
Proper noun edit
Helga f (definite Helga)
- a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Helge
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References edit
- 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Helga f (genitive Helgu)
- a female given name
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: Helga
- Faroese: Helga
- Norwegian: Helga, Hege, Hæge (Setesdal)
- Old Swedish: Hiælgha, Hælgha
- Danish: Helga, Helle
- → Finnish: Helka, Hella
- → Russian: О́льга (Ólʹga)
- → Belarusian: Во́льга (Vólʹha)
- → Ukrainian: О́льга (Ólʹha)
Helga m
- inflection of Helgi:
References edit
- Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
- Roland Otterbjörk, Svenska förnamn, Stockholm 1964
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Old Norse Helga. Doublet of Olga.
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Proper noun edit
Helga f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Helga
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Further reading edit
- Helga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
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Helga f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Helga
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Swedish Helga, from Old Norse Helga.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Helga f (genitive singular Helgy, nominative plural Helgy, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name
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Further reading edit
- “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, 2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish Hiælgha, Hælgha, from Old Norse Helga.
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Proper noun edit
Helga c (genitive Helgas)
- a female given name