Olga (name)

Olga (name)
Olga is an East Slavic female given name, derived from the Old Norse name Helga. It is used in Russia (Ольга), Ukraine (Ольга, transliterated Olha), Belarus (Вольга, transliterated Vol'ha), Bulgaria (Олга transliterated Ólga), the Czech Republic, Greece and Cyprus (Όλγα, Ólgha), Georgia (ოლგა (Olga) or more archaic ოლღა (Olgha)), Latvia, Lithuania (Alge,Algis), Finland, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Balkans (Serbian Олга or Оља), Western Europe and Latin America (Olga).
Name days (St. Olga of Kiev): Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and France – July 11, Slovakia – July 23, Ukraine, Russia – July 24, Hungary – July 27.
The male equivalent is Oleg (Олeг).
People
Kievan Rus'
Saint Olga of Kiev (890–969), regent of Kievan Rus' and wife of Igor of Kiev
Russian imperial family
Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822–1892), second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia, wife to Charles I, King of Württemberg
Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (1839–1891), wife of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851–1926), Queen consort to George I, King of Greece; reigned as Queen regent of Greece in 1920
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882–1960), sister of Nicholas II of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895–1918), the eldest daughter of Nicholas II of Russia
Other royalty and nobility
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903–1997), granddaughter of King George I of Greece and wife of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia (born 1971), Princess of Greece and great-grandchild of Olga, Queen of Greece
Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root (1901 – unknown), Russian noblewoman, singer, and stage actress
Olga Ilyinichna Ulyanova (1871–1891), Russian noblewoman and sister of Vladimir Lenin
Other people
Olga Ahtinen (born 1997), Finnish footballer
Olga Aikala (1883–1962), Finnish horologist
Olga Appell (born 1963), Mexican-American long-distance runner
Olga Barabanschikova (born 1979), Belarusian tennis player
Olga Bell (born Olga Balashova 1983), American musician
Olga Benário Prestes (1908–1942), German-Brazilian communist militant
Olga Björkegren (1857–1950), Swedish opera singer
Olga Bodnar (born 1965), Ukrainian politician
Olga Bogdanova (born 1994), Estonian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), Polish painter
Olga Bucătaru (1942–2020), Romanian actress
Olga Bulbenkova (1835–1918), Russian fashion designer
Olga Buzova (born 1986), Russian media personality and singer
Olga Carmona (born 2000), Spanish footballer
Olga Dahl (1917–2009), Swedish genealogist
Olga Danilov (born 1973), Israeli Olympic speed skater
Olga Danilović (born 2001), Serbian professional tennis player
Olga Desmond (1891–1964), German actress and dancer
Olga ('Olly') Donner (1881–1956), Finnish writer
Olga Dor-Dogadko (born 1976), Israeli track and field athlete
Olga Dvirna (born 1953), Soviet middle distance runner
Olga Fedori (born 1984), Ukrainian actress
Olga Fonda (born 1982), Russian actress and model
Olga Fricker (1902–1997), Canadian-born dancer, educator and choreographer
Olga Fridman (born 1998), Ukrainian-Israeli tennis player
Olga García Mancheño, organic chemistry professor
Olga Gerovasili (born 1961), Greek politician
Olga Golodets (born 1962), Russian economist and politician
Olga Govortsova (born 1988), Belarusian tennis player
Olga Grau (born 1945), Chilean writer, professor, philosopher
Olga di Grésy (1900–1994), Italian fashion designer
Olga Grushin (born 1971), Russian-American novelist
Olga Guillot (1922–2010), Cuban singer
Olga Havlová (1933–1996), Czechoslovak, Václav Havel's first wife
Olga Herlin (1875–1965), Swedish, first female engraver
Olga Hrycak (born 1947), Canadian former basketball player and coach
Olga Ilyin, Russian-born American poet and novelist
Olya Ivanisevic (born 1988), Serbian fashion model
Olga Kaniskina (born 1985), Russian racewalker
Olga Kay (born 1982), Russian-American comedian and actress
Olga Kazi (born 1941), Hungarian middle distance runner
Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian pianist
Olga Knorring (1887–1978), Russian botanist
Olga Koch (born 1992), Russian born British stand-up comedian
Olga Korbut (born 1955), Belarusian gymnast
Olga Kurban (born 1987), Russian heptathlete
Olga Kurkulina (born 1971), Israeli high jumper
Olga Kurylenko (born 1979), Ukrainian model and actress
Olga Korhoven Lakela (1890–1980), Finnish-American botanist and educator
Olga Lehmann (1912–2001), Chilean born painter and designer
Olga Lengyel (1908–2001), Hungarian Holocaust survivor and author
Olga Lenskiy (born 1992), Israeli sprinter
Olga Malinkiewicz (born 1982), Polish physicist and inventor
Olga Markova (athlete) (born 1968), Russian long-distance runner
Olga Markova (figure skater) (born 1974), Russian figure skater
Olga Mata, Venezuelan woman detained for publishing a humorous TikTok video
Olga Merediz (born 1956), American Broadway, TV, and film actress
Olga Mikhaylova (born 1986), Russian race walker
Olga Morozova (born 1949), USSR (now Russian) former tennis player
Olga Oinola (1865–1949), Finnish suffragette and President of the Finnish Women Association
Olga Ozarovskaya (1874–1933), Russian folklorist, performer, writer
Olga Panfyorova (born 1977), Russian race walker
Olga Pendleton, American statistician
Olga Peredery (born 1994), Ukrainian handball player
Olga Petrova (1884–1977), British-American actress, screenwriter and playwright
Olga Pikhienko (born 1980), Russian circus performer
Olga Polyuk (born 1987), Ukrainian freestyle skier
Olga Puchkova (born 1987), Russian tennis player
Olga Radke, Lutheran church worker, musician, helped run the Hermannsburg Choir, Australia, in the 1960s
Olga Raonić (born 1986), Serbian volleyball player
Olga Rutterschmidt (born 1933), American murderer of two homeless men for life insurance money
Olga Sandberg (1844-1926), Swedish ballerina
Olga Savchuk (born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player
Olga Sehnalová (born 1968), Czech politician
Olga Seryabkina (born 1985), Russian singer
Olga Silvestre (born 1964), Portuguese politician
Olga Sosnovska (born 1972), Polish-British actress
Olga Souza (born 1968), Brazilian singer
Olga Šplíchalová (born 1975), Czech freestyle swimmer
Olga Syahputra (1983–2015), Indonesian comedy artist
Olga Tañón (born 1967), Puerto Rican singer
Olga Tass (1929–2020), Hungarian gymnast
Olga Terho (1910–2003), Finnish politician
Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual
Olga Turchak (born 1967), Kazakh high jumper
Olga Ulyanova (1922–2011), Russian scientist and niece of Vladimir Lenin
Olga Vigil (born 1970), Cuban basketball player
Olga Vymetálková (born 1976), Czech tennis player
Olga Winterberg (1922–2010), Israeli Olympian in the discus throw
Olga Zaitseva (born 1978), Russian bi-athlete
Olga Zhitova (born 1983), Russian volleyball player
Olga Zrihen (born 1953), Moroccan-Belgian politician
Fictional characters
Olga Marie Animusphere in the Japanese mobile game Fate/Grand Order
Olga da Polga, a fictional Guinea pig the subject of a book series by Michael Bond
Olga Fitzgerald in series 10 of the British television programme Waterloo Road, portrayed by Pooky Quesnel
Olga Gurlukovich in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Olga Orly in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Olga Pataki in the American animated television series Hey Arnold
Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova in the Russian play Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Olga in Neighbours From Hell 2: On Vacation, who is Mr Rottweiler's love interest
Olga, a.k.a. Olgariki, in the Russian animated children's television series GoGoRiki
Olga "meat" Romanova is a general of "The Volk" in the Crackdown video game series
Olga Orlova in the VOCALOID song series, Parties are for Losers
See also
Olga (disambiguation)
External links
Popularity of the name in the United States
Diminutives of Olga
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