Olga

Borrowed in the 19th century from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”). Doublet of Helga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊlɡə/, /ˈɒlɡə/

Olga

1. A female given name from Russian.
   • 1993, Oscar Hijuelos, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, →ISBN, page 6:

     Olga was named after a Russian ballerina whose picture had once appeared in a local advertisement for a ballet company that was to perform in Philadelphia during the weeks of her impending conception, and who was shown pirouetting on a point of light, impressing their mother.

2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).
   • 1910, Lucy de Grasse Martin, “Magnificent Olga”, in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume LXXX, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.; London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., page 130, column 1:

     OLGA YOURIEVNA SOLENSKY and I followed the black-veiled nun through the chaste, white, highly polished salons of the convent while she explained to me the origin of her curious name, with which certain highly considered Russian saints had had to do. In Russia, it seems, they called her Olga, daughter of Youri.

• Fashionable in several West European countries around 1900.

• Oleg

• algo-, gola, Gola, gaol, algo, Lago, goal, Galo

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Olga

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Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

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Olga f

1. a female given name

Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

Olga

1. a female given name

Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

• IPA^(key): /ˈolʲɡ̊ɑ/,

Olga

1. a female given name

Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). Doublet of Helga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl.ka/

Olga f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Olga: Olguson
• daughter of Olga: Olgudóttir

Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded as a given name of Finns in 1812.

• IPA^(key): /ˈolɡɑ/,
• Rhymes: -olɡɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Ol‧ga

Olga

1. a female given name
   • 1973, Aulikki Oksanen, Isosisko ja pikkuveli, Kirjayhtymä, →ISBN, page 155:

     —Tyttö vai poika?
     —Tyttö. Olga Ilona.
     —Olga?
     —Olga niin, kaippa se nimeensä tottuu. Se on isoäidin mukaan. isoäiti oli minulle isä ja äiti ja se on aikamoinen saavutus yhdeltä ihmiseltä.

     —A girl or a boy?
     —A girl. Olga Ilona.
     —Olga?
     —Olga yes, guess she'll get used to her name. It's after her grandmother, she was both a father and a mother to me, and that's an achievement from just one person.

• Oili
• Helka

• Olga is the 212^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,787 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,364 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlɡa/

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Olga

1. a female given name from Russian

Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlka/

  Rhymes: -ɔlka

Olga f (proper noun, genitive singular Olgu)

1. a female given name

Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1858.

Olga f

1. a female given name
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).

• Elga

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Olga was the only given name of 21 409 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) around 1800.

Olga

1. a female given name

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Olga

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Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), from Old Norse heilagr, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Doublet of Helga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɡa
• Syllabification: Ol‧ga

Olga f (male equivalent Oleg)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olga

• Olga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

• Hyphenation: Ol‧ga

Olga f

1. a female given name from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), equivalent to English Olga

• IPA^(key): /ˈol.ɡa/

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Olga f (genitive/dative Olgăi)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olga

• Olguța

• IPA^(key): /ôːlɡa/

Ȏlga f (Cyrillic spelling О̑лга)

1. a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Olga

• “Olga”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

Olga

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• IPA^(key): /óːlɡa/

Ólga f

1. a female given name from Russian

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• “Olga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

• IPA^(key): /ˈolɡa/
• Rhymes: -olɡa
• Syllabification: Ol‧ga

Olga f

1. a female given name from Russian

Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded in Sweden in 1843.

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Olga c (genitive Olgas)

1. a female given name