Helge

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| gender = Male

| meaning = Holy

| region = Scandinavia

| origin = Old Norse

| related names = Helgi, Helje, Hølje, Halga, Oleg, Olga, Helga

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Helge or Helgi is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch mostly male name.{{cite web |title=Helge|url=https://www.name-doctor.com/meaning/helge|website=Name Doctor|access-date=5 November 2024}}{{cite web|title=Helge|url=https://ordnet.dk/dnl/ordbog/?query=Helge#3859|website=Dansk Navneleksicon|language=da|access-date=5 November 2024}}

The name is derived from Proto-Norse Hailaga with its original meaning being dedicated to the gods.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} For its Slavic version, see Oleg. Its feminine equivalent is Olga.

Notable people with this name

Halga, legendary Danish king mentioned in Beowulf and in medieval Scandinavian sources
Helgi Hjörvarðsson, Scandinavian hero from Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar, in the Poetic Edda
Helgi Hundingsbane, Scandinavian hero who figures in the Völsunga saga and who has two poems in the Poetic Edda
Helgi Haddingjaskati, Swedish hero from Hrómundar saga Gripssonar
Helge (Danish king), 9th-century king
Helge Akre (1903–1986), Norwegian diplomat
Helge Bostrom (1894–1977), Canadian ice hockey player
Helge Dohrmann (1939–1989), Danish politician
Helge Jung (1886–1978), Swedish general
Helge von Koch (1870–1924), Swedish mathematician
Helge Larsen (1915–2000), Danish politician
Helge Rosvaenge (1897–1972), Danish-German operatic tenor
Helgi Sallo (born 1941), Estonian singer and actress
Helge Schneider (born 1955), German comedian, musician, actor and director
Helgi the Sharp (disambiguation), several people
Helge Skoog (born 1938), Swedish actor
Helge Söderbom (1881–1975), Swedish Army lieutenant general
Helge Talvitie (born 1941), Finnish sheet metal worker and politician
Helgi Tómasson (disambiguation), several people
Helge Uuetoa (1936–2008), Estonian painter, stage and film set designer