Danish

Proper noun

Helge

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• female forms: Helga, Helle, Olga

German

Etymology

Old Norse Helgi.

Proper noun

Helge

1. A male given name.
2. A female given name, a less common variant of Helga.

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse Helgi. Recorded in Norway since the Middle Ages.

Proper noun

Helge

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (female given names) Hege, Helga, Helle, Olga
• (surnames) Helgesen

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 312 males with the given name Helge living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

Swedish

Etymology

Old Norse Helgi.

Proper noun

Helge

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• female forms: Helga, Olga

Estonian

Adjective

helge ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. light, bright