Olga (name)

Olga
	An icon of St. Olga
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Derivation	Helga
Meaning	Holy; blessed
Other names
Variant form(s)	Volha
Related names	Oleg

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, Albania, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Serbia (Олга or Оља), North Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia, Spain and Latin America.

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 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

Other people[]

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
Olja Bećković (born 1964), Serbian journalist
Olga Björkegren (1857–1950), Swedish opera singer
Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), Polish painter
Olga Bucătaru (1942–2020), Romanian actress
Olga Bulbenkova (1835-1918), Russian fashion designer
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 Dor-Dogadko (born 1976), Israeli track and field athlete
Olga Dvirna (born 1953), Soviet middle distance runner
Olga Fedori (born 1984), Ukrainian actress
Olga Fricker (1902–1997), Canadian-born dancer, educator and choreographer
Olga Fridman (born 1998), Ukrainian-Israeli tennis player
Olga Gerovasili (born 1961), Greek politician
Olga Golodets (born 1962), Russian economist and politician
Olga Govortsova (born 1988), Belarusian tennis player
Olga di Grésy (1900–1994), Italian fashion designer
Olga Guillot (1922–2010), Cuban singer
Olga Havlová (1933–1996), Czechoslovak, Václav Havel's first wife
Olga Hrycak (born 1947), Canadian former basketball player and basketball university 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
Olha Kobylianska (1863–1942), Ukrainian writer
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 Lehmann (born 1912), Chilean born painter and designer
Olga Lengyel (1908–2001), Hungarian Holocaust survivor and author
Olga Lenskiy (born 1992), Israeli sprinter
Olga Markova (athlete) (born 1968), Russian long-distance runner
Olga Markova (figure skater) (born 1974), Russian figure skater
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 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 Puchkova (born 1987), Russian tennis player
Olga Raonić (born 1986), Serbian volleyball player
Olga Rutterschmidt (born 1933), American murderer who killed two homeless men for life insurance money
Olha Saladukha (born 1983), Ukrainian athlete
Olga Sandberg (born 1844), Swedish ballerina
Olga Savchuk (born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player
Olga Sehnalová (born 1968), Czech politician
Olga Seryabkina (born 1985), Russian singer
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 Tokarczuk (born 1962), Polish writer
Olga Turchak (born 1967), Kazakh high jumper
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 Zhitova (born 1983), Russian volleyball player
Olga Zaitseva (born 1978), Russian bi-athlete
Olga Zrihen (born 1953), Moroccan-Belgian politician
Olha Zubaryeva (born 1958), Ukrainian handball player

Fictional characters[]

Olga Fitzgerald, from series 10 of the British television programme Waterloo Road, portrayed by Pooky Quesnel
Olga Gurlukovich, from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Olga Pataki, from the American animated television series Hey Arnold
Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova, from the Russian play Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Olga Orly, from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Olga, from Neighbours From Hell 2: On Vacation, who is Mr Rottweiler's love interest
Olgariki, a character in Russian animated children's television series GoGoRiki.
Olga Marie Animusphere, from the Japanese mobile game Fate/Grand Order

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