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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Helga f. Old Norse helga, from Old Norse *heiligr 'happy, lucky'.

The name of a 9th C ruler of Kievan Rus and saint.

Sweden
Old Swedish
1383 Helgha SRA-vol2 no. 1900
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Helga". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Helga.