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[Facts] Re: THE NAME HELUS

by Devonelisa

4/23/2004, 2:35 AM

Try Old Norse, where Heill meant 'hale, hearty, happy' which morphed into the adj. heilagr 'prosperous, successful' and became the common Scandinavian name element Hel- as in Helge, better known to Germans in it's feminine form, Helga.

Devon

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- Satu (guest) +1

4/23/2004, 3:34 AM

Hi!

I doubt that there's a connection because according to name statistics there is nobody with the name Helus (neither for first nor surname) in the Scandinavian countries ...

Regards, Satu

- Devonelisa

4/23/2004, 8:35 AM

A quick look found a Johann Hellus in Germany in the 1700's with a daughter that took on the surname Helusova....pointing towards Bohemian roots. Maybe Czech? Slovak? If so, wonder if it's based on the Greek helios then or another Slavic root....hmmmm.

Devon

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