Olga (name)

Olga
An icon of St. Olga.
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Meaning	holy
Other names
Related names	Oleg, Helga

Olga is an Eastern Slavic female given name, derived from Old Norse name Helga. It is used in Russia (Ольга), Ukraine (Ольга, transliterated Ol'ha), Belarus (Вольга, transliterated Vol'ha), Bulgaria (Олга transliterated Ólga), Poland, the Faroe Islands, the Czech Republic, Greece (Όλγα, Ólgha), Finland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia (Olga), Iceland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Latin America. The male equivalent is Oleg (Олeг).

Name days (St. Olga of Kiev): Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and France – July 11, Slovakia – July 23, Russia – July 24, Hungary – July 27.

People with this name

Russian imperial family

• Saint Olga of Kiev (or Olha of Kyiv) (d. 969), wife of Igor, Grand Prince of Kiev
• Grand Duchess 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 Konstantinovna 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

Others

• Olga Appell (born 1963), Mexican-American long-distance runner
• Olga Barabanschikova (born 1979), a Belarusian former tennis player
• Olga Benário Prestes (1908–1942), a German-Brazilian communist militant
• Olga Björkegren (1857–1950), Swedish opera singer
• Olga Desmond (1891–1964), German actress and dancer
• Olga De Souza (a.k.a. Corona, born 1968), Brazilian singer of eurodance music
• Olga Dvirna (born 1953), Soviet middle distance runner
• Olga Fedori (born 1984), Ukrainian actress
• Olga Golodets (born 1962), Russian economist and politician
• Olga Govortsova (born 1988), Barabanschikova's Belarusian compatriot and tennis player
• Olga Havlova (1933–1996), Václav Havel's first wife
• Olga Kaniskina (born 1985), Russian racewalker
• Olga Kay (born 1982), Russian-American comedienne and actress
• Olga Kazi (born 1941), Hungarian middle distance runner
• Olha Kobylyanska (1863–1942), Ukrainian writer
• Olga Korbut (born 1955), Belarusian gymnast
• Olga Kurban (born 1987), Russian heptathlete
• Olga Kurylenko (born 1979), Ukrainian model and actress
• Olga Markova (athlete) (born 1968), Russian long-distance runner
• Olga Markova (figure skater) (born 1974), Russian figure skater
• Olga Merediz, American Broadway, TV, and film actress
• Olga Mikhaylova (born 1986), a Russian race walker
• Olga Morozova (born 1949), an USSR (now Russian) former tennis player
• Olga Panfyorova (born 1977), a Russian race walker
• Olga Pikhienko (born 1980), a Russian circus performer, handbalancer, and contortionist
• Olga Puchkova (born 1987), a Russian tennis player
• Olha Saladukha (born 1983), Ukrainian athlete
• Olga Sandberg, (born 1844) Swedish ballerina
• Olga Savchuk (born 1987), a Ukrainian tennis player
• Olga Seryabkina (born 1985), Russian singer of girl group Serebro
• Olga Sosnovska (born 1972), Polish born UK/US based actress
• Olga Šplíchalová (born 1975), a Czech freestyle swimmer
• Olga Tañon (singer, born 1967) A Puerto Rican artist that is a Grammy Award, and Latin Grammy Award winner
• Olga Turchak (born 1967), Kazakh high jumper
• Olga Vigil (born 1970), Cuban basketball player
• Olga Vymetálková (born 1976), Czech tennis player
• Olga Zhitova (born 1983), Russian volleyball player
• Olha Zubaryeva (born 1958), Ukrainian handball player
• Michael Algar AKA "OLGA" (born 1962), singer of UK punk rock band Toy Dolls

Fictional characters

• Olga Gurlukovich, a fictional character from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Olga Pataki, a character from the American animated television series Hey Arnold!

See also

• Olga (disambiguation)

External links

• Popularity of the name in the United States
• Diminutives of Olga