Olga

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed in the 19th century from Old East Slavic О́льга (Ólĭga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”). Doublet of Helga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoʊlɡə/, /ˈɒlɡə/ === Proper noun === Olga A female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian. A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga). ==== Usage notes ==== Fashionable in several West European countries around 1900. ==== Related terms ==== Oleg ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === algo-, gola, Gola, gaol, algo, Lago, goal, Galo == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈolɡa] === Proper noun === Olga f a female given name ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Etymology === Derived from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). === Proper noun === Olga a female given name == Estonian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈolʲɡ̊ɑ/, [ˈolʲɡ̊ɑ] === Proper noun === Olga a female given name == Faroese == === Etymology === Derived from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). Doublet of Helga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔl.ka/ === Proper noun === Olga f a female given name ==== Usage notes ==== Matronymics son of Olga: Olguson daughter of Olga: Olgudóttir ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === Derived from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). First recorded as a given name of Finns in 1812. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈolɡɑ/, [ˈo̞lɡɑ̝] Rhymes: -olɡɑ Syllabification(key): Ol‧ga Hyphenation(key): Ol‧ga === Proper noun === Olga a female given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Oili Helka ==== Statistics ==== Olga is the 207th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,940 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,385 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. == German == === Etymology === Derived from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha) in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔlɡa/ === Proper noun === Olga a female given name from Russian == Icelandic == === Etymology === Derived from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔlka/ Rhymes: -ɔlka === Proper noun === Olga f (proper noun, genitive singular Olgu) a female given name ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔl.ɡa/ Rhymes: -ɔlɡa Hyphenation: Òl‧ga === Proper noun === Olga f a female given name === References === == Latvian == === Etymology === Derived from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1858. === Proper noun === Olga f a female given name a transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga) ==== Related terms ==== Elga === References === Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN [1] 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 === Derived from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha) around 1800. === Proper noun === Olga a female given name == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha), from Old Norse heilagr, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Doublet of Helga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔl.ɡa/ Rhymes: -ɔlɡa Syllabification: Ol‧ga === Proper noun === Olga f (male equivalent Oleg) a female given name, equivalent to English Olga ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Olga in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Ol‧ga === Proper noun === Olga f (plural Olgas) a female given name from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) or Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha), equivalent to English Olga == Romanian == === Alternative forms === Олга (Olga) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈol.ɡa/ Rhymes: -olɡa Hyphenation: Ol‧ga === Proper noun === Olga f (genitive/dative Olgăi) a female given name, equivalent to English Olga or Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) ==== Derived terms ==== Olguța == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ôːlɡa/ === Proper noun === Ȏlga f (Cyrillic spelling О̑лга) a female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian, equivalent to English Olga ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Olga”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026 == Slovene == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /óːlɡa/ === Proper noun === Ólga f a female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Olga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈolɡa/ [ˈol.ɣ̞a] Rhymes: -olɡa Syllabification: Ol‧ga === Proper noun === Olga f a female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian == Swedish == === Etymology === Derived from Russian and Ukrainian О́льга (Ólʹha). First recorded in Sweden in 1843. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Olga c (genitive Olgas) a female given name