Gender:
Origin:
Norse
432 famous people named Helga found on Wikipedia.
2202 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
12306-th in year 1992
Best ranking:
572-th in year 1899
Used in: Ancient-Germanic, Ancient-Scandinavian, Danish, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
A female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “holy.”.
Helga (derived from Old Norse heilagr - "holy", "blessed") is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, Iceland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and South Africa. (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. Eastern Slavic name Olga (Ольга) is derived from it. Scandinavian male equivalent is Helge, or Helgi.
Name days: Estonia - May 31, Hungary - October 3, Latvia - October 9, Sweden - November 21, Finland - May 31, Greece - 11 July
Fem. proper name, from Old Norse Helga, literally "holy," from Proto-Germanic *hailaga, from PIE *kailo- (see health). A doublet of Olga.
Form of Helge, means: holy, blessed.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helga Estby | 1860 | American suffragist |
| 2 | Helga Hahnemann | 1937 | German entertainer, actress, comedian and singer |
| 3 | Helga Lehner | 1944 | German actress and voice actress |
| 4 | Helga van Leur | 1970 | Dutch female meteorologist |
| 5 | Helga Piur | 1939 | German actress and voice actress |
| 6 | Helga Nemeczyk | 1980 | |
| 7 | Helga Cossu | 1980 | Italian journalist |
| 8 | Helga Díaz | 1972 | |
| 9 | Helga Krapf | 1988 | Filipino actor, singer and model |
| 10 | Helga Hirsch | 1948 | German journalist |
| 11 | Helga Matura | 1933 | |
| 12 | Helga Zepp-LaRouche | 1948 | German political activist |
| 13 | Helga Labudda | 1935 | German actress |
| 14 | Helga Hengge | 1966 | German journalist |
| 15 | Helga Hošková-Weissová | 1929 | Czech painter |
| 16 | Thora Bjorg Helga | 1989 | Icelandic actress |
| 17 | Helga Deen | 1925 | Author of a diary, discovered in 2004 |
| 18 | Helga Brauer | 1936 | |
| 19 | Helga Liné | 1932 | German-Spanish actress |
| 20 | Helga Nowitzki | 1940 | German international basketball player |
| 21 | Helga Rabl-Stadler | 1948 | Austrian politician |
| 22 | Helga Ballhaus | 1935 | 1935-2006 German actress and film producer |
| 23 | Helga Raumer | 1924 | German actress |
| 24 | Helga Heinke | 1913 | Politician |
| 25 | Helga Schmid | 1960 | German diplomat |
| 26 | Helga Neuner | 1940 | German actress |
| 27 | Helga Pataki | Fictional character | |
| 28 | Helga Sasse | 1942 | German actress and voice actress |
| 29 | Helga Nowotny | 1937 | Austrian sociologist |
| 30 | Helga Sophia Goetze | 1922 | German artist and writer |
| 31 | Helga Anders | 1948 | Austrian television actress |
| 32 | Helga Stevens | 1968 | Flemish politician |
| 33 | Helga Wanglie | 1904 | American woman patient in a persistent vegetative state |
| 34 | Helga Orosz | 1961 | Hungarian actress |
| 35 | Helga Schlack | 1938 | German actress |
| 36 | Helga Schuchardt | 1939 | German politician |
| 37 | Helga Henschen | 1917 | Swedish writer |
| 38 | Helga Michie | 1921 | Austrian painter and writer |
| 39 | Helga Labs | 1940 | German politician |
| 40 | Helga Feddersen | 1930 | German actress |
| 41 | Helga Čočková | 1941 | Czech actress |
| 42 | Helga Papouschek | 1941 | Austrian actress |
| 43 | Helga Trümper | 1936 | German actress and voice actress |
| 44 | Helga Dernesch | 1939 | Singer |
| 45 | Helga Kuhse | Australian philosopher | |
| 46 | Helga Bayertz | 1942 | German television presenter |
| 47 | Helga Kolti | 1965 | Hungarian actress |
| 48 | Helga Vlahović | 1945 | Croatian journalist, producer, and television personality |
| 49 | Helga Kromp-Kolb | 1948 | Austrian university teacher |
| 50 | Helga de La Motte-Haber | 1938 | German musicologist |
| 51 | Helga Martin | 1940 | German actress |
| 52 | Helga Sommerfeld | 1941 | German actress |
| 53 | Helga Van der Heyden | 1975 | Belgian actress |
| 54 | Helga Bender | 1942 | German actress |
| 55 | Helga Niessen Masthoff | 1941 | West German tennis player |
| 56 | Helga de la Brache | 1817 | Swedish con artist |
| 57 | Helga Brandt | ||
| 58 | Helga von Cramm | 1840 | German painter |
| 59 | Helga Schalburg | 1910 | |
| 60 | Helga Henselder | 1940 | |
| 61 | Helga Molander | 1896 | German actress |
| 62 | Helga Picht | 1934 | German translator |
| 63 | Helga Guitton | 1942 | Television presenter from Germany |
| 64 | Helga Schütz | 1937 | German screenwriter |
| 65 | Helga Ruebsamen | 1934 | Dutch writer |
| 66 | Helga M. Novak | 1935 | German-Icelandic writer |
| 67 | Helga de Alvear | 1936 | Art collector |
| 68 | Helga Vowinckel | 1930 | |
| 69 | Helga Kühn-Mengel | 1947 | German politician |
| 70 | Helga Franck | 1933 | German actress |
| 71 | Helga Arendt | 1964 | German sprinter |
| 72 | Helga Pollak-Kinsky | 1930 | |
| 73 | Helga Kämpf-Jansen | 1939 | |
| 74 | Helga Lindner | 1951 | Swimmer |
| 75 | Helga Haase | 1934 | Speed skater |
| 76 | Helga Haugland Byfuglien | 1950 | Norwegian bishop |
| 77 | Helga Konrad | 1948 | Austrian politician |
| 78 | Zam Helga | 1968 | German singer |
| 79 | Helga Radtke | 1962 | German long jumper |
| 80 | Helga Köhler | 1925 | |
| 81 | Helga Seidler | 1949 | German sprinter |
| 82 | Helga Hoffmann | 1937 | German athletics competitor |
| 83 | Helga Hernes | 1938 | Norwegian diplomat |
| 84 | Helga Reidemeister | 1940 | German documentary filmmaker |
| 85 | Helga Ancher | 1883 | Danish painter |
| 86 | Helga Glaesener | 1955 | German author |
| 87 | Helga Krismer-Huber | 1972 | Austrian politician |
| 88 | Helga Maria Wolf | 1951 | Austrian journalist |
| 89 | Helga Trüpel | 1958 | German politician |
| 90 | Helga Müller-Molinari | 1948 | German singer and opera singer |
| 91 | Helga Baumgarten | 1947 | German university teacher |
| 92 | Helga Korén | 1943 | German actress and writer |
| 93 | Helga Stephenson | CEO of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television | |
| 94 | Helga Schultz | 1941 | German historian |
| 95 | Helga Elstner | 1924 | German politician |
| 96 | Helga Rosenbaum | 1942 | |
| 97 | Helga Tawil-Souri | 1969 | Palestinian writer |
| 98 | Helga Haftendorn | 1933 | German political scientist |
| 99 | Helga Newmark | 1932 | Female Holocaust survivor ordained as rabbi |
| 100 | Helga Klein | 1931 | German sprinter |
| 101 | Helga Albrecht | 1955 | |
| 102 | Helga Baum | 1954 | German mathematician |
| 103 | Helga Block | 1954 | |
| 104 | Helga Schmitt-Bussinger | 1957 | German politician |
| 105 | Helga Schauerte-Maubouet | 1957 | Franco-German musician |
| 106 | Helga Timm | 1924 | German politician |
| 107 | Helga Wex | 1924 | German politician |
| 108 | Helga Anton | 1923 | German author |
| 109 | Helga Poppe | 1942 | German woman composer |
| 110 | Helga Streffing | 1956 | German writer |
| 111 | Helga Königsdorf | 1938 | German writer |
| 112 | Helga Mees | 1937 | German fencer |
| 113 | Helga Philipp | 1939 | Austrian sculptor |
| 114 | Helga Eng | 1875 | Norwegian psychologist and educationalist |
| 115 | Helga Radener-Blaschke | 1922 | Germain painter, illustrator and graphic designer. |
| 116 | Helga Gitmark | 1929 | Norwegian politician |
| 117 | Helga Bansch | 1957 | Austrian illustrator |
| 118 | Helga Kuhlmann | 1957 | German theologian |
| 119 | Helga Paris | 1938 | German photographer |
| 120 | Helga Kügerl | 1957 | Austrian politician |
| 121 | Helga Einsele | 1910 | |
| 122 | Helga Krüger | 1940 | German university teacher (1940-2008) |
| 123 | Helga Storck | 1943 | German actress and screenwriter |
| 124 | Helga Schnabel-Schüle | 1954 | German historian of modern age |
| 125 | Helga Amesberger | 1960 | Austrian ethnologist and sociologist |
| 126 | Helga Pogatschar | 1966 | German composer |
| 127 | Helga Ahrer | 1967 | Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the Styrian state parliament |
| 128 | Helga Frier | 1893 | Actress |
| 129 | Helga Kohler-Spiegel | 1962 | Austrian theologian |
| 130 | Helga Lopez | 1952 | German politician |
| 131 | Helga Németh | 1973 | Hungarian handball player |
| 132 | Helga Peskoller | 1956 | Austrian mountaineer |
| 133 | Helga Schubert | 1940 | German writer |
| 134 | Helga Roesgen | 1953 | German jurist |
| 135 | Helga Pilarczyk | 1925 | German operatic soprano |
| 136 | Helga Daub | 1942 | German politician |
| 137 | Helga Müller | Luger | |
| 138 | Helga Gesche | 1942 | German university teacher |
| 139 | Helga Borsche | 1939 | German film editor |
| 140 | Helga Jensine Waabenø | 1908 | Norwegian missionary |
| 141 | Helga Heintze | 1919 | German art historian and archaeologist |
| 142 | Helga Riemann | 1924 | Austrian composer and music educator |
| 143 | Helga Luckenbach | 1935 | German economy master and economist |
| 144 | Helga Kirchner | 1946 | German television presenter and journalist |
| 145 | Helga Bammert | 1921 | German actor, voice actor and stage actor |
| 146 | Helga Märthesheimer | 1938 | German journalist |
| 147 | Helga Grebing | 1930 | German historian of modern age and social historian |
| 148 | Helga Göring | 1922 | German actress |
| 149 | Helga Lange | 1949 | German councillor |
| 150 | Helga Margrét Þorsteinsdóttir | 1991 | Icelandic heptathlete |
| 151 | Helga Gallas | 1940 | German opinion journalist and university teacher |
| 152 | Helga Pedersen | 1911 | Danish judge |
| 153 | Helga Werner | 1946 | German actress |
| 154 | Helga Ginevra | 1938 | German painter |
| 155 | Helga Tiemann | 1917 | German painter |
| 156 | Helga Weyhe | 1922 | |
| 157 | Helga Pankratz | 1959 | Austrian author |
| 158 | Helga Engin-Deniz | 1941 | Austrian actress |
| 159 | Helga Machne | 1938 | Austrian politician |
| 160 | Helga Anschütz | 1928 | German author |
| 161 | Helga Schneider | 1937 | German writer |
| 162 | Helga Lukoschat | 1957 | German political scientist |
| 163 | Helga Lippelt | 1943 | German author |
| 164 | Helga Theunert | 1951 | German author |
| 165 | Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk | 1984 | Turkish-German women's footballer |
| 166 | Helga Pichler | Luger | |
| 167 | Helga Kutz-Bauer | 1939 | German social historian |
| 168 | Helga María Vilhjálmsdóttir | 1995 | Icelandic alpine skier |
| 169 | Helga Riedel | 1942 | German author |
| 170 | Helga Steudel | 1939 | German motorcycle racer |
| 171 | Helga Rühle von Lilienstern | 1912 | German historian |
| 172 | Helga Niessen | 1954 | German politician, author and non-fiction writer |
| 173 | Helga Seibert | 1939 | German judge |
| 174 | Helga Luber | Canoe slalom racer | |
| 175 | Helga Gödl | 1915 | German alpine skier |
| 176 | Helga Cremer-Schäfer | 1948 | German professor |
| 177 | Helga Dietrich | 1940 | German botanist |
| 178 | Helga Möller | 1957 | |
| 179 | Helga Botermann | 1938 | German historian and university teacher |
| 180 | Helga Raschke | 1935 | German non-fiction writer |
| 181 | Helga Stroh | 1938 | German fencer |
| 182 | Helga Thomas | 1891 | Film actress |
| 183 | Helga Hösl-Thaw | 1940 | German tennis player |
| 184 | Helga Oberloskamp | 1943 | German jurist |
| 185 | Helga Schmidt-Glassner | 1911 | German photographer |
| 186 | Helga Koch | 1942 | Fencer |
| 187 | Helga Paetzold | 1933 | German textile artist |
| 188 | Helga Carla Ziesemer | 2000 | German model |
| 189 | Helga Wischer | 1932 | |
| 190 | Helga Pfeil-Braun | 1925 | German author |
| 191 | Helga Solinger | 1939 | German politician |
| 192 | Helga Fassbinder | 1941 | Dutch university teacher |
| 193 | Helga Thiede | 1940 | German singer |
| 194 | Helga Bumke | 1966 | German classical archaeologist |
| 195 | Helga Gripp-Hagelstange | 1935 | German sociologist |
| 196 | Helga Dehm | 1962 | German judge |
| 197 | Helga Jansen | 1950 | |
| 198 | Helga Beuningen | 1945 | German translator |
| 199 | Helga Görlin | 1900 | Swedish actress |
| 200 | Helga Bilden | 1941 | German psychologist |