Helge (name)
Helge is a mostly male first name.
Origin and Meaning
The name Helge ( Nebenform Heligoland, feminine form Helga ) comes from Scandinavia, from the Swedish word hailac ( healthy ) or Helig ( holy ). Helge thus means ' the Holy ' or ' the healthy '. The Icelandic form of the name is Helgi, the East Slavic Oleg. In Norse mythology, there is the figure of Helgi.
Bearers of the name
Form Helge
- Helge Auleb (1887-1964), German officer
- Helge Reinhold Braun (born 1972), German politician ( CDU)
- Helge Breloer (1937-2011), German expert, lawyer and non-fiction writer
- Helge Burggrabe (* 1973), German composer and recorder player
- Helge Haas ( * 1961), German journalist and television presenter
- Helge Janssen ( b. 1939 ), German author
- Helge Karch (* 1953), German microbiologist
- Helge von Koch (1870-1924), Swedish mathematician
- Helge Limburg ( * 1982 ), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
- Helge Meeuw (* 1984), German swimmers
- Helge Payer ( born 1979 ), Austrian football player
- Helge Peukert (* 1956), German economic and political scientist and university teacher
- Helge Pross (1927-1984), German sociologist
- Klaus Helge Rieder (* 1957), German university professor of business computer science
- Helge Rosvaenge (1897-1972), Danish tenor
- Helge Schneider ( born 1955 ), German author, musician, actor and comedian
- Helge Thun ( * 1971 ), German magician and television presenter
- Helge Timmerberg (* 1952), German journalist and author
Form Helgi
- Helgi Halldórsson Björgvin ( b. 1951 ), Icelandic pop singer
- Helgi Kolvidsson ( b. 1971 ), Icelandic football player and coach
- Andreas Helgi Schmid ( * 1986), German actor
- Helgi Ziska (* 1990), Faroese chess players
Family name
- Henrik Helge ( born 1947 ), German actor