Helga

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Helga


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gender = Female
meaning ="heilagr" - "holy", "blessed"
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origin = Old Norse
related names = "Helle", "Helge", "Helga", "Helka" or "Oili"
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Helga (derived from Old Norse "heilagr" - "holy", "blessed") is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, Germany and Hungary ("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 and the Nordic countries.

The name Olga, which is commonly thought to derive from Helga, actually derives from the Old Slavonic "Volga" (free man) or "Volh" (pagan priest).Fact|date=September 2008 It is used in Russia ("Ольга"), Ukraine ("Ольга"), Belarus ("Вольга"), Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Serbia ("Olga"), Iceland. The Russian male equivalent is Oleg ("Олeг").

Name days: Estonia - May 31, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and France - July 11, Slovakia - July 23, Russia - July 24, Hungary - July 27 (for Olga) and October 3 (for Helga), Latvia - August 11, Sweden - November 21.

Persons

* Helga Anders (1948-1986), German-Austrian actress
* Helga Brauer (1936-1991), East German popular singer
* Helga Claire Lee zu Schaumburg-Lippe (1911-2005), German industrialist
* Helga Daub (* 1942), German politician (FDP)
* Helga Deen (1925-1943), Jewish victim of National Socialism
* Helga Einsele (1910-2005), German criminologist, prison director and criminal law reformer
* Helga Feddersen (1930-1990), German actress
* Helga Fischer (* 1949), German athlete and Olympic medalist
* Helga Gießelmann (* 1949), German politician (SPD)
* Helga Goetze (Helga Sophia) (* 1922), German artist, author and political activist
* Helga Göring (* 1922), German actress
* Helga Guitton, German radio announcer
* Helga Hahnemann (1937-1991), German entertainer, Cabaret singer and actress
* Helga Hirsch (* 1948), German publicist and correspondent
* Helga Hoffmann (* 1937), German athlete
* Helga Klein (* 1931), German athlete
* Helga Königsdorf (* 1938), German mathematician and author
* Helga Kühn-Mengel (* 1947), German psychiatrist
* Helga Labs (* 1940), East German leader of a pioneer organization
* Helga Lopez (* 1952), German politician (SPD)
* Helga M. Novak (* 1935), German-Icelandic author
* Helga Masthoff (* 1941), German tennis player
* Helga Schmedt (* 1929), German politician (SPD)
* Helga Schubert (* 1940), German psychologist and author
* Helga Schuchardt (* 1939), German politician (FDP)
* Helga Schütz (* 1937), German author
* Helga Seibert (1939-1999), judge at Bundesverfassungsgericht
* Helga Seidler (* 1949), German athlete and Olympic medalist
* Helga Thiede (* 1940), German singer
* Helga Timm (* 1924), German politician (SPD)
* Helga Trüpel (* 1958), German politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
* Helga von Brauchitsch, photographer
* Helga Wex (1924-1986), German politician (CDU)
* Helga Zepp-LaRouche (* 1948), German journalist and politician
* [Helga Lopez (* 2030, special olympics master for 8 years straight)

Movie

In 1967, the sex education movie "Helga – Vom Werden des menschlichen Lebens" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157743/] was a major success in Germany and elsewhere. It had been sponsored by the Department of Health lead by Käte Strobel.

External links

* [http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=helga Popularity of the name in the United States]