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Meaning of the nameHelga

Helga is a feminine name of Germanic origin, from the Old Norse Helga, meaning 'sacred'; Elga is a spelling without the initial H.

Meaning

“sacred”

Source: Wiktionary: Helga · Behind the Name: Helge

People (2022)
2,548
Rank in Brazil
#4,367
Median age
66 years
2010 Census
3,470
people

Helga in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Helga, 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 (566 people).

2,536 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 Helga is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.007%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.006%
  3. Paraná 0.002%
  4. São Paulo 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul6990.006%
Santa Catarina5160.007%
São Paulo4040.001%
Paraná2410.002%
Minas Gerais1410.001%
Rio de Janeiro1330.001%
Bahia660.001%
Pernambuco490.001%
Mato Grosso450.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul330.001%
Distrito Federal320.001%
Goiás310.000%
Espírito Santo280.001%
Pará200.000%
Ceará200.000%
Paraíba170.000%

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

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).

This is the most common spelling in the group, with a silent initial H.

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 Helga

What does the name Helga mean?

Helga means “sacred”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Helga in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,548 people with the first name Helga, which ranks it number 4,367 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

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

Helga is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,536 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Helga?

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

In which Brazilian state is Helga most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.007% of the state's population is named Helga (516 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Helga?

Elga. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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