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Meaning of the nameElga

Elga is a spelling of the name Helga, which means “sacred”.

Meaning

“sacred”

Meaning of the name Helga, of which Elga is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Helga · Behind the Name: Helge

People (2022)
1,146
Rank in Brazil
#7,545
Median age
61 years
2010 Census
1,589
people

Elga in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Elga, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (243 people).

1,143 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Elga is most common

States with the highest share of people named Elga in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Paraná 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul3260.003%
Santa Catarina1770.002%
São Paulo1660.000%
Paraná1030.001%
Minas Gerais780.000%
Rio de Janeiro630.000%
Bahia290.000%
Pernambuco260.000%
Mato Grosso240.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul230.001%
Distrito Federal190.001%
Pará170.000%
Espírito Santo160.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Elga

A spelling without the H, which is not pronounced in Portuguese; Wiktionary also records Elga as a Latvian feminine name.

About the name Helga

Helga comes from the Old Norse Helga, which Wiktionary translates as 'sacred', and is the feminine form of Helgi or Helge; the Old Norse entry in the same dictionary gives another reading, 'happy, fortunate'. According to Behind the Name, it is used in Germany, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,548 people named Helga, with a median age of 66. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. Elga appears as a spelling variant of Helga in the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil).

Other spellings of Helga

SpellingPeople (2022)
Helga2,548
Elga1,146

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Helga · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Helge · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Helga · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  4. Behind the Name: Helga · behindthename.com · usage
  5. Wiktionary: Elga · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Elga

What does the name Elga mean?

Elga means “sacred”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Helga, of which Elga is a spelling.

How many people are named Elga in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,146 people with the first name Elga, which ranks it number 7,545 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

Is Elga a boy's or a girl's name?

Elga is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,143 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Elga?

Elga is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Elga most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.003% of the state's population is named Elga (326 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Elga?

Helga. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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