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	Olha, Olja, Oleg

Olga is a Russian 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[edit]

Kievan Rus'[edit]

Saint Olga of Kiev (890–969), regent of Kievan Rus' and wife of Igor of Kiev

Russian imperial family[edit]

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), eldest daughter of Nicholas II of Russia
Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff (born 1950), grandniece of Tsar Nicholas II

Other royalty and nobility[edit]

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
Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root (1901 – unknown), Russian noblewoman, singer, and stage actress
Olga Ilyinichna Ulyanova (1871–1891), Russian noblewoman and sister of Vladimir Lenin

Other people[edit]

Olga Abramova (born 1988), Ukrainian biathlete
Olga Abramova (politician) (born 1953), Belarusian politician
Olga Adellach Coma (born 1966), Andorran politician
Olga Adzhiderskaya (born 1982), Kazakhstani handball player
Olga Agnew (1899–1987), Australian child actress
Olga Ahtinen (born 1997), Finnish footballer
Olga Aikala (1883–1962), Finnish horologist
Olga Akimova (born 1983), Uzbekistani ice

dancer

Olga Akopyan (born 1985), Russian handball player
Olga Álava (born 1988), Ecuadorian model, social, lifestyle entrepreneur, environmentalist and beauty queen
Olga Albizu (1924–2005), American painter
Olga Aleinikova (born 1951), Russian physician
Olga Alexandrova (born 1978), Ukrainian-born Spanish chess player
Olga Alkalaj (1907–1942), Yugoslav communist leader
Olga Alimova (born 1953), Russian politician
Olga de Amaral (born 1932), Colombian textile and visual artist
Olga Amelchenkova, Russian politician
Olga Andersson (1876–1943), Swedish actress
Olga Andrianova (born 1949), Soviet discus thrower
Olga Andrianova (curler) (1952–2022), Russian female curler and curling coach
Olga Andrino, Spanish painter and sculptor
Olga de Angulo (1955–2011), Colombian swimmer
Olga Anisimova (born 1972), Russian biathlete
Olga Aniskovtseva (born 1982), Belarusian footballer
Olga Anstei (1912–1985), Jewish-Ukrainian émigré poet
Olga Antonetti (1944–1968), Venezuelan beauty queen
Olga Antonova (actress), Soviet actress
Olga Antonova (athlete) (born 1960), Russian track and field sprinter
Olga Anufriyeva, Russian politician
Olga Appell (born 1963), Mexican-American long-distance runner
Olga Arefieva (born 1966), Russian singer-songwriter
Olga Arendt (1859–1902), German writer and actress
Olga Arkhangelskaya (born 1981), Russian badminton player
Olga Arlauskas (born 1981), Russian—Spanish filmmaker and film director
Olga Arntgolts (born 1982), Russian theater and film actress
Olga Aroseva (1925–2013), Soviet and Russian actress
Olga Artamonova (born 1977), Kazakhstani Olympic judoka
Olga Arteshina (born 1982), Russian basketball player
Olga Asato (born 1949), Peruvian volleyball player
Olga Athaide Craen, Indian pianist
Olga Averino (1895–1989), Russian opera singer
Olga Avilova (1918–2009), Ukrainian surgeon
Olga Babiy (born 1989), Ukrainian chess player
Olga Baclanova (1896–1974), Russian-American actress, radio host and singer
Olga Badelka (born 2002), Belarusian chess player
Olga Balema, Ukrainian visual artist
Olga Ban, Yugoslav partisan
Olga Bancic (1912–1944), Jewish Romanian communist activist
Olga Barabanschikova (born 1979), Belarusian tennis player
Olga Barbušová, Slovak para table tennis player
Olga Barnet (1951–2021), Russian actress
Olga Barysheva (born 1954), Russian basketball player
Olga Bas (born 1964), Russian politician
Olga Batalina (born 1975), Russian politician
Olga Beaver (1942–2012), Czech-American politician

Olga Beggrow-Hartmann (1862–1922), German-Russian painter
Olga Beliaeva (born 1985), Russian water polo player
Olga Bell (born Olga Balashova, 1983), American musician
Olga Belova (rhythmic gymnast), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Belyakova (born 1988), Russian short track speed skater
Olga Benário Prestes (1908–1942), German-Brazilian communist militant
Olga Bennett, Irish politician
Olga Beresnyeva (born 1985), Ukrainian swimmer
Olga Bergholz (1910–1975), Soviet poet
Olga Bezsmertna (born 1983), Ukrainian operatic soprano
Olga Bianchi, Latin American pacifist and human
Olga Bicherova (born 1967), Soviet gymnast
Olga Bielkova (born 1975), Ukrainian politician
Olga Bisera, Yugoslav-born Italian film actress and producer
Olga Björkegren (1857–1950), Swedish opera singer
Olga de Blanck (1916–1998), musical artist
Olga Blinova (1930–2020), Russian linguist
Olga Bloom (1919–2011), American violinist and violist
Olga Bodnar (born 1965), Ukrainian politician
Olga Bogaevskaya (1915–2000), Russian painter
Olga Bogdanova (actress) (born 1951), Soviet and Russian actress
Olga Bogdanova (chemist) (1896–1982), Soviet chemist
Olga Bogdanova (gymnast) (born 1994), Estonian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Bogoslovskaya (born 1964), Russian sprinter
Olga Bołądź (born 1984), Polish actress
Olga Bondareva (1937–1991), Soviet mathematician and economist
Olga Bordashevskaya (1919–2002), soldier in the Red Army during World War II
Olga Borodina (born 1963), Russian opera singer
Olga Borys (born 1974), Polish actress
Olga Boudker, American scientist and academic
Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), Polish painter
Olga Breeskin (born 1951), Mexican violinist, dancer and actress
Olga Briscorn, Russian serial killer
Olga Broumas (born 1949), Greek poet
Olga Brózda (born 1986), Polish tennis player
Olga Brusnikina (born 1978), Russian synchronized swimmer
Olga Bucătaru (1942–2020), Romanian actress
Olga Budina (born 1975), Russian theater and film actress
Olga Bulbenkova (1835–1918), Russian fashion designer
Olga Bumbić (born 1946), Yugoslav gymnast
Olga Buryakina (born 1958), Russian basketball player
Olga Busuioc, Moldovan soprano
Olga Butkevych (born 1986), Ukrainian-British wrestler
Olga Buyanova (born 1954), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Buzova (born 1986), Russian media personality and singer
Olga Cantacuzène-Altieri (1843–1929), Russian-Italian aristocrat and novelist
Olga Capri (1883–1961), Italian actress
Olga Andreyeva Carlisle (born 1930), American novelist
Olga Carmona (born 2000), Spanish footballer
Olga Cebotari, Moldovan politician and diplomat
Olga Celeste (1888–1969), American animal trainer
Olga Cepero (born 1975), Cuban triple jumper
Olga Charvátová (born 1962), Czech alpine skier
Olga Chatzinikolaou (born 1981), Greek basketball player
Olga Chekhova (1897–1980), Russian-German actress
Olga Chernova (born 1997), Russian footballer
Olga Chernyavskaya (born 1963), Russian discus thrower
Olga de Chica (1921–2016), Colombian artist
Olga Chorens (1924–2023), Cuban singer and actress
Olga Chupris (born 1969), Belarusian law professor and administrator
Olga Chyumina (1863–1909), Russian poet and translator
Olga Clark (1898–1994), Russian socialite
Olga Conte, Argentine sprinter
Olga Cossettini (1898–1987), Argentine teacher, educator and pedagogue
Olga Costa (1913–1993), Mexican artist
Olga Cristea (born 1987), Moldovan runner
Olga Cușinova (born 1985), Moldovan footballer
Olga E. Custodio, U.S. Air Force officer
Olga Cybulskaya [uk] (born 1985), Ukrainian singer
Olga Dahl (1917–2009), Swedish genealogist
Olga Danilov (born 1973), Israeli Olympic speed skater
Olga Danilova (born 1970), Russian cross-country skier
Olga Danilović (born 2001), Serbian professional tennis player
Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya (1875–1952), Russian artist
Olga Dergunova (born 1965), Russian businessperson
Olga Desmond (1891–1964), German actress and dancer
Olga Desyatskaya (born 1987), Russian sport shooter
Olga Detenyuk (born 1993), Russian swimmer
Olga Dibrova (born 1977), Ukrainian diplomat
Olga Dickie (1900–1992), British Australian actress
Olga Dihovichnaya (born 1980), Belarusian actress
Olga Dmitrieva (born 1981), Russian triathlete
Olga Dolzhykova, Norwegian-Ukrainian chess player
Olga Doménech (born 1988), Spanish water polo player
Olga Dondé (1937–2004), Mexican artist
Olga ('Olly') Donner (1881–1956), Finnish writer
Olga Dontsova (born 1959), Russian scientist
Olga Dor-Dogadko (born 1976), Israeli track and field athlete
Olga Dorfner (1898–1983), American swimmer
Olga Dormandi (1900–1971), Hungarian painter and children’s book illustrator
Olga Doroshina (born 1994), Russian tennis player
Olga Dovgun (born 1970), Kazakhstani sports shooter
Olga Drobysheva (born 1984), Uzbekistani cyclist
Olga Druce, American producer, public speaker and actress
Olga Dubeneckienė (1891–1967), Lithuanian and Soviet painter
Olga Dudko, Ukrainian physicist and academic
Olga Duque de Ospina (died 2019), Colombian politician
Olga Dvirna (born 1953), Soviet middle distance runner
Olga Edwardes (1915–2008), British actress
Olga Efimova (born 1990), Russian volleyball player
Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler (1879–1933), Austrian physicist
Olga Engl (1871–1946), Austrian actress
Olga Erofeeva, Russian triathlete
Olga Erteszek (1916–1989), Polish-American undergarment designer and lingerie company owner
Olga Ertlová (born 1986), Czech squash player
Olga Escalante (born 1962), Colombian sprinter
Olga Esina, Russian ballet dancer
Olga Evdokimov, Russian physicist
Olga Fadeeva (born 1972), Belarusian actor
Olga Færseth (born 1975), Icelandic multi-sport athlete
Olga Fassatiová (1924–2011), Czech mycologist
Olga Fateeva (born 1984), Russian volleyball player
Olga Fatkulina (born 1990), Russian speed skater
Olga Fedchenko (1845–1921), Russian botanist, explorer and artist
Olga Fedori (born 1984), Ukrainian actress
Olga Fedorovich (born 1992), Belarusian droughts player
Oľga Feldeková (born 1943), Slovak writer
Olga Feliú (1932–2017), Chilean politician and lawyer
Olga Fialka (1848–1930), Austro-Hungarian artist
Olga Fierz (1900–1990), Swiss teacher and translator
Olga Fikotová (1932–2024), Czechoslovak and American discus thrower
Olga Fiorini (1927–2022), Italian businesswoman and educator
Olga Firsova (born 1976), American basketball player
Olga Fischer (born 1951), Dutch linguist
Olga FitzGeorge (1877–1928), English socialite, businesswoman and granddaughter of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
Olga FitzRoy, British sound engineer and campaigner
Olga Flor (born 1968), Austrian writer
Olga Foma (born 1989), Moldovan footballer
Olga Fomina (born 1989), Russian handball player
Olga Fonda (born 1982), Russian actress and model
Olga Fonseca, Venezuelan diplomat
Olga Freidenberg (1890–1955), Russian philosopher
Olga Fricker (1902–1997), Canadian-born dancer, educator and choreographer
Olga Fridman (born 1998), Ukrainian-Israeli tennis player
Olga Frolkina (born 1997), Russian basketball player
Olga Frycz (born 1986), Polish actress
Olga García (born 1992), Spanish footballer
Olga García Mancheño, Spanish organic chemistry professor
Olga Gavrilova (1957–2022), Soviet javelin thrower
Olga Generalova (born 1972), Russian triathlete
Olga Germanova (born 1961), Russian politician
Olga Georges-Picot (1940–1997), French actress
Olga Gere (born 1942), Yugoslav high jumper
Olga Gerovasili (born 1961), Greek politician
Olga Gil Medrano (born 1956), Spanish mathematician
Olga Girya (born 1991), Russian chess grandmaster
Olga Givernet (born 1981), French politician
Olga Glatskikh (born 1989), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Glazova (born 1993), Russian singer
Olga Glok (born 1982), Russian long-distance runner
Olga Glouschenko, Belarusian tennis player
Olga Göllner (1930–2017), Romanian gymnast
Olga Golodets (born 1962), Russian economist and politician
Olga Golovanova (snowboarder) (born 1983), Russian snowboarder
Olga Golovkina (born 1986), Russian athlete
Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), Portuguese poet and novelist
Olga Gontar (born 1979), Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
Olga D. González-Sanabria, Puerto Rican scientist
Olga Gorbunova (born 1993), Russian water polo player
Olga Gorelik, Belarusian-born American pianist
Olga Gorshenina (born 1990), Russian handball player
Olga Govortsova (born 1988), Belarusian tennis player
Olga Graf (born 1983), Russian speed skater
Olga Grant, Canadian baseball player
Olga Grau (born 1945), Chilean writer, professor, philosopher
Olga Gray (1906–1990), British secretary, typist and MI5 infiltration agent
Olga di Grésy (1900–1994), Italian fashion designer
Olga Grey (1896–1973), American actress
Olga Grishenkova, Russian ballet dancer
Olga Grjasnowa (born 1984), German writer
Olga Grushin (born 1971), Russian-American novelist
Olga Grushko (born 1976), Kazakhstani volleyball player
Olga Guillot (1922–2010), Cuban singer
Olga Guirao, Spanish writer
Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze (1855–1940), Georgian biologist and educator
Olga Gurski (1902–1975), Ukrainian artist
Olga Gutiérrez (1928–2015), Ecuadorian musical artist
Olga Gutmakher (born 1987), Israeli chess player
Olga Gzovskaya (1883–1962), Russian actress
Olga Havlová (1933–1996), Czechoslovak, Václav Havel's first wife
Olga Herlin (1875–1965), Swedish, first female engraver
Olga Hrycak (born 1947), Canadian 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 Kharlan (born 1990), Ukrainian fencer
Olga Kisseleva (born 1965), French artist
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 Ladyzhenskaya (1922–2004), Russian mathematician
Olga Korhoven Lakela (1890–1980), Finnish-American botanist and educator
Olga Lehmann (1912–2001), Chilean born painter and designer
Olga Lengyel (1908–2001), Hungarian Holocaust survivor and author
Olga Lenskiy (born 1992), Israeli sprinter
Olga F. Linares (1936–2014), Panamanian-American academic anthropologist and archaeologist
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
Olga Mata, Venezuelan woman detained for publishing a humorous TikTok video
Olga Elena Mattei (born 1933), Colombian poet
Olga Meganskaya (born 1992), Russian singer, model and former member of Ukrainian girl group Nu Virgos
Olga A. Méndez (1925–2009), Puerto Rican politician
Olga Merediz (born 1956), American Broadway, TV, and film actress
Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk, Polish-Israeli singer in Yiddish
Olga Mikhaylova (born 1986), Russian race walker
Olga Mikutina (born 2003), Ukrainian-Austrian figure skater
Olga Morozova (born 1949), USSR (now Russian) tennis player
Olga Oinola (1865–1949), Finnish suffragette and President of the Finnish Women Association
Olga Orlova (disambiguation), several people
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 Romanovskaya (born 1986), Ukrainian singer, television presenter, fashion designer and model
Olga Ramos (1918–2005), Spanish musician and actress
Olga Ramos (activist) (1962–2022), Venezuelan activist, professor and researcher
Olga Rutterschmidt (born 1933), American murderer of two homeless men for life insurance money
Olga Sandberg (1844–1926), 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[edit]

Olga, a sister of the messenger Barnabas in Franz Kafka's unfinished novel The Castle
Olga, a.k.a. Olgariki, in the Russian animated children's television series GoGoRiki
Olga in Neighbours From Hell 2: On Vacation, who is Mr Rottweiler's love interest
Olga Marie Animusphere in the Japanese mobile game Fate/Grand Order
Olga Astronominov, also known as Lalavava, the younger sister of Mandark in the American animated television series Dexter's Laboratory
Olga da Polga, a fictional Guinea pig the subject of a book series by Michael Bond
Olga Fitzgerald in series 10 of the British television programme Waterloo Road, portrayed by Pooky Quesnel
Olga Gurlukovich in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Olga Orlova in the VOCALOID song series, Parties are for Losers
Olga Orly in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Olga Pataki, the older sister of Helga Pataki in the American animated television series Hey Arnold!
Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova in the Russian play Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Olga "meat" Romanova is a general of "The Volk" in the Crackdown video game series

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