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Olga
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olga ólga òlga Òlga Oľga Olgą Òlgą Òlgã
English
Etymology
Borrowed in the 19th century from en orv О́льга, name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, en non heilagr holy; inviolable, sacred. en Helga.
Pronunciation
en /ˈoʊlɡə/ /ˈɒlɡə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Olga.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en female Russian,Ukrainian,Belarusian.
en 1993 w:Oscar Hijuelos The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien 0-14-023028-9 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.
en ru О́льга female given name.
en Lucy de Grasse Martin Magnificent Olga The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine LXXX New York, N.Y. The Century Co.; London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1910 130 https://archive.org/details/century04unkngoog/page/130/mode/1up 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.
Usage notes
Fashionable in several West European countries around 1900.
Related terms
en Oleg
Translations
female given name
Armenian: hy Օլգա
Belarusian: be Вольга f
Catalan: ca Olga f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 奧莉加 Àolìjiā from Russian
Danish: da Olga c
Faroese: fo Olga
Finnish: fi Oili
Galician: gl Olga f
Georgian: ka ოლგა
German: de Olga f
Greek: el Όλγα f
Hebrew: he אולגה f ólga
Ingrian: izh Oljga
Italian: it Olga f
Latin: la Olga f, la Sāncta f meaning translation
Latvian: lv Olga f
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: mns-nor Олька
Marathi: mr ओल्गा f
Norwegian: no Olga f
Polish: pl Olga f
Portuguese: pt Olga f
Russian: ru О́льга f-an
Sami:
Skolt Sami: sms Ååʹlga
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Олга f
Latin: sh Olga f
Slovak: sk Oľga f
Spanish: es Olga f
Swedish: sv Olga c
Ukrainian: uk О́льга f
Anagrams
en aglo algo- gola Gola gaol algo Lago goal Galo
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs ru,uk О́льга.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female
Declension
f.sg
Danish
Etymology
da ru,uk О́льга.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female
Estonian
Etymology
et ru,uk О́льга.
Pronunciation
Ol'ga
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Faroese
Etymology
fo ru,uk О́льга. fo Helga.
Pronunciation
fo /ˈɔl.ka/
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Olguson Olgudóttir
Declension
Olga Olgu Olgu Olgu
Finnish
Etymology
From fi ru О́льга, akin to fi Helga. First recorded as a given name of Finns in 1812.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
fi 1973 w:fi:Aulikki Oksanen Isosisko ja pikkuveli 155 Kirjayhtymä 951-26-0788-3 —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.
Declension
Olg a
Related terms
fi Oili
fi Helka
Statistics
dvv_20250813 2940 1385 207
References
fi terms with quotations
German
Etymology
de ru,uk О́льга in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɔlɡa/
de De-Olga.ogg
de De-Olga2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Russian
Icelandic
Etymology
is ru,uk О́льга.
Pronunciation
is ɔlka 2
Proper noun
@@
is female
Declension
f
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
^Ò<r:DiPI><r:DOP:lid#1061360>
Proper noun
f
it female
References
Latvian
Etymology
lv ru,uk О́льга. First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1858.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
lv ru О́льга female given name
Related terms
lv Elga
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Olga was the only given name of 21 409 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
Norwegian
Etymology
no ru,uk О́льга around 1800.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl ru,uk О́льга, from pl non heilagr, from pl gem-pro *hailagaz. pl Helga.
Pronunciation
Pl-Olga.ogg
Proper noun
f Oleg
pl female Olga
Declension
<f>
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
pt ru,uk О́льга.
Pronunciation
[O:Ó]
pt Ol ga
Proper noun
f +
pt female ru:О́льга,uk:О́льга Olga
Romanian
Alternative forms
ro Олга new cyrl
Pronunciation
ro /ˈol.ɡa/
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Olga.wav
ro olɡa 2
ro Ol ga
Proper noun
f Olgăi
ro female Olga,ru:О́льга
Derived terms
ro Olguța
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Ȏlga
Proper noun
Ȏlga f
sh female Russian,Ukrainian,Belarusian Olga
Declension
Olg
Further reading
Slovene
sl:
Pronunciation
ọ̑lga
Proper noun
Ólga f
sl female Russian,Ukrainian,Belarusian
Declension
Olg
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
es ru,uk О́льга.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Russian,Ukrainian,Belarusian
Swedish
Etymology
sv ru,uk О́льга. First recorded in Sweden in 1843.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Olga.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female