Old Norse name Helga

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Old Norse name Helga is a feminine given name meaning “holy” or “blessed,” historically used across the Norse and later Scandinavian world.

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Label Occurrences
Old Norse name Helga canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Norse given name ⓘ
feminine given name ⓘ
cognateWith Olga ⓘ
etymologicallyDerivedFrom Old Norse word heilagr ⓘ
gender feminine ⓘ
hasAssociatedConcept divine favor ⓘ
sanctity ⓘ
hasDiminutiveForm Helgchen ⓘ
hasEtymologicalRoot Proto-Germanic *hailagaz ⓘ
hasHistoricalUsagePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
hasLanguageOfUse Danish ⓘ
English ⓘ
Faroese ⓘ
linked to: Faroese language

German ⓘ
Icelandic ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language

Swedish ⓘ
hasMeaning blessed ⓘ
holy ⓘ
hasModernUsage true ⓘ
hasNameCategory German feminine given name ⓘ
Scandinavian feminine given name ⓘ
hasNameDayInCountry Finland ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
hasOriginLanguage Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
hasPopularityRegion Central Europe ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
hasShortForm Helg ⓘ
linked to: Helgi
hasVariantSpelling Helgé ⓘ
linked to: Helge
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
isGivenNameFor humans ⓘ
isOppositeInMeaningTo profane ⓘ
nameType theophoric-related ⓘ
relatedName Helge ⓘ
Helgi ⓘ
Olga ⓘ
semanticField blessing ⓘ
holiness ⓘ
usedInCulture Norse culture ⓘ
Scandinavian culture ⓘ
usedInReligionContext Christianity ⓘ

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Helga → derivedFrom → Old Norse name Helga ⓘ