Behind the Name: User Comments for the name Helga

Helga

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Famous bearer: Helga Hufflepuff, founder of the house of Hufflepuff in the Harry Potter books. She was said to be very kind and "from vally broad".

-- echo_of_the_past 8/1/2005

Helga Pataki was also a character in the tv show on Nickelodeon 'Hey Arnold'.

-- fawkes100 2/25/2006

Listen to the German pronunciation of Helga here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html

-- _satu_ 9/3/2006

I hate the name Helga. It sounds like some beefy girl who takes your lunch money at school. I don't like this name. (And to all the Helgas out there, you may have not done this, but this is my opinion.) Instead of naming your girl Helga, name her something different. I would try Karey.

-- TalkativeGabby 3/6/2007

Gah, this name is so ugly despite being short and relatively simple. The sound of it is unpleasant, and it makes me think of some kooky, fat woman.

-- slight night shiver 6/1/2008

This is the UGLIEST name I have ever heard! It reminds me of an old fat lunch lady with a unibrow and a big hairy mole. I would never name my daughter this.

-- snickerdoodle 7/23/2008

I never thought this name was pretty, until I read the story "The Marsh King's Daughter." Helga is described as a beautiful maiden with long blonde hair.

-- Anonymous User 9/29/2008

Ewwwww. This name makes me want to puke! For the people who say this is a good name, sorry, but not in this day and age! You have GOT to be kidding me. :P

-- Anonymous User 9/29/2009

Helga is a character in the BBC Sitcom 'Allo 'Allo.

-- lia 11/30/2009

I would quite like it if this name was used in this day and age, thank you very much. :)

-- lucyskydiamonds 1/23/2010

My mother's name is Helga and it is surprising to hear the stereotypes. She is from Austria and is very beautiful. I understand some people are naive but to suggest the name Karey instead of Helga doesn't make much sense. Karey is a very generic name that does not compare to Helga. I believe Helga is a beautiful European sounding name and is very unique, as unique and beautiful as the people whom carry this name.

-- Anonymous User 8/26/2010

Sandra Bullock's mother's name was Helga.

-- Anonymous User 8/26/2010

Your first impression of the name Helga may be that it is ugly, but that is really quite irrelevant because as soon as you met someone pretty or nice with this name you'd probably change your mind. And if someone used it on their daughter I doubt you'd still think of the name that way.

-- Liesl 10/9/2010

Bigg strongg Russiann womann... Helga!

-- Anonymous User 7/21/2012

It's strange how the most English native speakers sense the name Helga. As German native speaker I would never think of a butch and ugly woman. Helga sounds to my ears like a rather frail woman in her 60s. The name is hardly used today and the most people who carry this name are born before 1950. I don't think that the most modern mothers would use it for their children today.

-- ms. c 6/3/2013

Doy. Doy. Move it, bucko. Sorry, but all I can think of is Helga Pataki. I wouldn't use it.

-- Acajou 5/17/2014

Well, I disagree with you, because this is my FAVOURITE name. It is strange and pretty, and I will definitely consider this if I have a daughter. Unfortunately I have met only one Helga (she was about 8 years old), but I've always loved it. In Hungary we use this name with the same form (Olga and Elga, too), and we pronounce it HEL-gah.

-- Anonymous User 5/28/2014

I'm very surprised by all the negativity people see in this name, especially with its association with that Pataki girl from Hey Arnold. I actually think this is a good name for a woman.

-- lloydnash 11/20/2014

Personally I like it. It makes me think of a blonde German farm girl with braids.

-- Foxtrot53 11/23/2014

I prefer Elga. The first syllable of Helga reminds me of the word hell.

-- Anonymous User 1/27/2015

Excuse me! What is it with all the ugly dinner lady stereotypes? My name is Helga Mayr and I think it is very beautiful. I'm half Austrian so that is where my first and last name both come from! I have only been bullied once when someone called me Hell-Girl, but since then no one has ever made fun of me. My full name is Helga Dorcas ---- (no comments) and it is a lovely name.
P.S. My sister is called Ermimtrude - Emmi for short.

-- HelgaMayr 2/1/2015

Whenever I see this name I think of Helga Pataki and I think of a girl with a long unibrow. Please don't name your child this if you don't want them to be teased for life.

-- mia101 3/22/2015

It is also a Hungarian name. Pronunced: HEL-gaw. [noted -ed]

-- Anonymous User 4/27/2015

The name is also rather common in Iceland. [noted -ed]

-- vadskajagtamigtill 6/14/2015

I think Helga is a nice name (no offense to other's opinions!), it reminds me of a joyous, proud to be alive woman, (and a good grandma or aunty to children!)

-- JemimaP1 5/11/2016

It does sound old-fashioned and maybe a bit clunky, but it's really not a bad name.

-- Anonymous User 10/7/2016

Helga Susanne Goebbels, born 1 September 1932, was the eldest of the Goebbels children taken by parents Joseph and Magda to Hitler's Berlin bunker in April 1945. She is said to be the favourite of Hitler, drinking hot chocolate with him every day in the bunker. She was killed by her parents on 1 May 1945. According to the Russians, bruising on her face indicated that force was needed to give the cyanide to her. For a bright 12 year old the signs of desperation surely must have been obvious.
Her younger siblings were Hildegard "Hilde", Helmut, Holdine "Holde", Hedwig "Hedda" and Heidrun "Heide".

-- elliebeth 3/17/2017

Though it's slightly better then Olga it's still a disgusting, UGLY, and sickening name. Helga sounds like puking to me. It's just SO UGLY, EW.

-- Katesnames15 4/20/2017

This name seems tolerable, but it is commonly associated with obese, unattractive old women.