Helka
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Swedish Helga < Old Norse helga (“holy”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Helka
- a female given name
- 1840, Kanteletar:3:37 Helka paimenessa:
- Kalevalan kaunis neiti,
Helka neiti hempiätär,
läksi piennä paimenehen,
lassa karjan kaitsentahan;
Declension edit
Inflection of Helka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Helka | Helkat | ||
genitive | Helkan | Helkojen | ||
partitive | Helkaa | Helkoja | ||
illative | Helkaan | Helkoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Helka | Helkat | ||
accusative | nom. | Helka | Helkat | |
gen. | Helkan | |||
genitive | Helkan | Helkojen Helkainrare | ||
partitive | Helkaa | Helkoja | ||
inessive | Helkassa | Helkoissa | ||
elative | Helkasta | Helkoista | ||
illative | Helkaan | Helkoihin | ||
adessive | Helkalla | Helkoilla | ||
ablative | Helkalta | Helkoilta | ||
allative | Helkalle | Helkoille | ||
essive | Helkana | Helkoina | ||
translative | Helkaksi | Helkoiksi | ||
abessive | Helkatta | Helkoitta | ||
instructive | — | Helkoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms edit
Statistics edit
- Helka is the 269th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,943 female individuals (and as a middle name to 362 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.