{{Infobox given name | name = Helge | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Male | meaning = Holy | region = Scandinavia | origin = Old Norse | related names = Helgi, Helje, Hølje, Halga, Oleg, Olga, Helga | footnotes = }} '''Helge''' or '''Helgi''' is a Scandinavian, German, and Dutch mostly male name.<ref name="ND">{{cite web |title=Helge|url=https://www.name-doctor.com/meaning/helge|website=Name Doctor|access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Helge|url=https://ordnet.dk/dnl/ordbog/?query=Helge#3859|website=Dansk Navneleksicon|language=da|access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref>
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.<ref name="ND" />
==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
===Fictional characters=== *Helge Doppler, a character in Netflix's 2017 series ''Dark''
==See also== * Helge or Helgas, an ancient city and former bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see as Germanicopolis (Bithynia) * Helga
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