Helga

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Helga is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, commonly used in German-speaking and Scandinavian countries.

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Label Occurrences
Helga canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feminine given name
given name
culturalAssociation traditional German name
traditional Scandinavian name
derivedFrom Old Norse name Helga
etymologicalOrigin Old Norse language
surface form: Old Norse
gender feminine
grammaticalCategory proper noun
hasCognate Helgi (Old Norse masculine form)
Olga
surface form: Olga (via Old East Slavic adaptation)
hasDiminutiveForm Helgchen (in German, rare/colloquial)
hasNameDayIn various countries
hasShortForm Hel
Heli (in some languages)
Hella
hasStressPattern typically stressed on the first syllable in German and Scandinavian languages
hasVariantSpelling Helge (masculine in Scandinavian languages)
linguisticOrigin Germanic languages
meaning blessed
holy
sacred
nameCategory theophoric or religiously connoted name
nameType first name
nameUsage personal name for women
popularityTrend more common in early and mid-20th century in German-speaking countries
relatedToName Helge
Helgi
Olga
semanticField religion and holiness
usedInLanguage Danish
Faroese
Finnish (as a loan name)
German
Icelandic
Norwegian
Swedish
usedInRegion Austria
Denmark
Faroe Islands
Finland
Germany
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olga hasVariant Helga
Olga cognate Helga
Helga Gumm givenName Helga