Hege
See also: hege
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Etymology
[edit]Spelling variant of Hæge, a dialectal form of Helga with a loss of -l- following a lengthening of the preceding vowel.
Proper noun
[edit]Hege f (definite Hega)
- a female given name from Old Norse, variant of Hæge
References
[edit]- Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 170
- Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 041 females with the given name Hege living in Norway on January 1st 2023, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 17th January, 2023.