Helga
Helga is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, German-speaking countries and the Low Countries.. 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, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries. Scandinavian male equivalent is Helge, or Helgi. Eastern Slavic names Olga and Oleg are derived from it.
Name days: Estonia - May 31, Hungary - October 3, Latvia - October 9, Sweden - November 21, Finland - May 31, Greece - 11 JulyPeople
- Helga, also known as Saint Olga,, Princess of Kiev
- Helga Anders, German-Austrian actress
- Helga Arendt, West German sprinter
- Helga Thaler Ausserhofer, Italian politician
- Helga de la Brache, Swedish con artist
- Helga Deen, Jewish victim of National Socialism
- Helga Dernesch, Austrian soprano and mezzo soprano
- Helga Feddersen, German actress
- Helga Frier, Danish actress
- Helga Goebbels, eldest daughter of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and Magda Goebbels
- Helga Guitton, German radio announcer
- Helga Klein, German athlete
- Helga Königsdorf, German mathematician and author
- Helga Krapf, Filipina actress
- Helga Kuhse, Australian philosopher
- Helga Liné, Portuguese-Spanish film actress and circus acrobat
- Helga Nadire İnan Ertürk, Turkish-German footballer
- Helga - German - Status: missing
- Helga Niessen Masthoff, German tennis player
- Helga M. Novak, German-Icelandic author
- Helga Pedersen, Danish politician
- Helga Pedersen, Norwegian politician
- Helga Radtke, German track and field athlete
- Helga Schubert, German psychologist and author
- Helga Seibert, judge at Bundesverfassungsgericht
- Helga Seidler, German athlete and Olympic medalist
- Helga Stephenson, Canadian media executive
- Helga Stevens, Belgian politician
- Helga Testorf, subject of Andrew Wyeth's famous paintings
- Helga Trüpel, German politician
- Helga Vlahović, Croatian journalist and producer
- Helga Zepp-LaRouche, German journalist and politician
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt, 41st Prime Minister of Denmark
Fictional characters
- Helga, wife of Hagar in the comic strip Hägar the Horrible
- Helga, a Dutch enemy character in the fighting game Human Killing Machine
- Helga, character in the game Suikoden IV
- Helga Geerhart, a character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!
- Helga Hufflepuff, founder of Hogwarts' Hufflepuff house in the Harry Potter books
- Helga Pataki, character on Nickelodeon's cartoon show Hey Arnold!
- Helga Phugly, a friend of Milo's in The Oblongs
- Helga Sinclair, mercenary in '
- Helga Von Guggen, villain in Totally Spies animated television series
- Helga Gallimard, wife of Rene Gallimard in the play M Butterfly by David Henry Hwang''
- Helga Barkhuizen, Miss South Africa International 2012
- Helga, wife of Floki, character in History TV show Vikings
