"On the recommendation of the city surveyor, the committee agreed to the proposal of Mr William S. Nelson to name a proposed street at Circular Rd. Helgor Park". (23rd January 1962).
The precise origin of the name Helgor was not recorded in the Corporation minutes. Unlike nearby developments such as Strathearn Park (named from Strathearn House), there is no known estate or house called Helgor in the area. One plausible explanation is that Helgor is a portmanteau — a name coined by combining parts of two other names. For example: Hel + gor could represent Helen and Gordon (possibly family names of the developer or those he wished to commemorate). It may also echo the Scandinavian personal name Holger/Helgor, derived from Old Norse Hólmgeirr (“island-spear”). Another possibility is that it was simply an invented, genteel-sounding name chosen to give distinction to a new suburban cul-de-sac.
As with many suburban street names of the 20th century, the exact inspiration is uncertain, but the likelihood is that Helgor reflects either a personal association of the developer or an attractive coinage intended to stand out in Belfast’s expanding housing landscape.