# Helga

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɛlɡə/ · frequency rank #36,599

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Old Norse occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.

## Etymology
From Old Norse Helga (“holy”), a pre-Christian term, feminine form of Helgi. Doublet of Olga.

## Easily confused with
- **help** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-help)
- **hell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-hell)
- **helm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-helm)
- **hola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-hola)
- **hula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-hula)
- **Hera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-hera)
- **heli** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-heli)
- **helps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-helps)
- **hello** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-hello)
- **hella** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-hella)
- **helix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-helix)
- **Hilda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-hilda)
- **hells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-hells)
- **helms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-helms)
- **henna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-henna)
- **holla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/helga-vs-holla)
- **Hel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hel-vs-helga)
- **hea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hea-vs-helga)
- **held** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/held-vs-helga)
- **hala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hala-vs-helga)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ehlga`, `hegla`, `helag`, `helgga`, `hellga`, `hhelga`, `hlega`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/helga