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Olga is an East Slavs, 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 * Olga von Root, Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root (1901 – unknown), Russian noblewoman, singer, and stage actress


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 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 * Olly Donner, 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 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 (born 1912), 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 * Detention of Olga Mata, 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 Black Widow Murders, murderer of two homeless men for life insurance money * 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 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 Waterloo Road (series 10), series 10 of the British television programme Waterloo Road (TV series), ''Waterloo Road'', portrayed by Pooky Quesnel *Olga Gurlukovich in ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' * Olga Orly in ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney'' * List of Hey Arnold! characters#Pataki family, 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, 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 ''Kikoriki, GoGoRiki'' * Olga "meat" Romanova is a general of "The Volk" in the ''Crackdown (video game series), Crackdown'' video game series


See also

* Olga (disambiguation)


External links


Popularity of the name in the United States

Diminutives of Olga
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