Helge or Helgi is a Scandinavian, German language, and Dutch language mostly male name.
The name is derived from Proto-Norse Hailaga with its original meaning being dedicated to the gods. For its Slavic version, see Oleg. Its feminine equivalent is Olga.
Notable people with this name
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Halga, legendary Danish king mentioned in Beowulf and in medieval Scandinavian sources
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Helgi Hjörvarðsson, Scandinavian hero from Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, in the Poetic Edda
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Helgi Hundingsbane, Scandinavian hero who figures in the Völsunga saga and who has two poems in the Poetic Edda
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Helgi Haddingjaskati, Swedish hero from Hrómundar saga Gripssonar
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Helge (Danish king), 9th-century king
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Helge Akre (1903–1986), Norwegian diplomat
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Helge Bostrom (1894–1977), Canadian ice hockey player
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Helge Dohrmann (1939–1989), Danish politician
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Helge Jung (1886–1978), Swedish general
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Helge von Koch (1870–1924), Swedish mathematician
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Helge Larsen (1915–2000), Danish politician
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Helge Rosvaenge (1897–1972), Danish-German operatic tenor
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Helgi Sallo (born 1941), Estonian singer and actress
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Helge Schneider (born 1955), German comedian, musician, actor and director
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Helgi the Sharp (disambiguation), several people
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Helge Skoog (born 1938), Swedish actor
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Helge Söderbom (1881–1975), Swedish Army lieutenant general
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Helge Talvitie (born 1941), Finnish sheet metal worker and politician
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Helgi Tómasson (disambiguation), several people
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Helge Uuetoa (1936–2008), Estonian painter, stage and film set designer
Fictional characters
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Helge Doppler, a character in Netflix's 2017 series Dark
See also
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Helge or Helgas, an ancient city and former bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see as Germanicopolis (Bithynia)
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Helga