Olga

See also: ólga, Oľga, and Olgą

English

Etymology

Borrowed in the 19th century from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), a saints' name borne by Russian royalty, a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy, prosperous”). Doublet of Helga.

Proper noun

Olga

1. A female given name from Russian.
   • 1993 Oscar Hijuelos: The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien. →ISBN page 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.

2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).

Usage notes

• Fashionable in several West European countries around 1900.

Related terms

• Oleg

Translations

female given name

• Belarusian: Во́льга (Vólʹha)
• Catalan: Olga
• Danish: Olga
• Faroese: Olga
• Finnish: Oili (fi)
• Galician: Olga (gl) f
• German: Olga (de)
• Greek: Όλγα (el) (Ólga)
• Latvian: Olga f

• Norwegian: Olga (no)
• Polish: Olga (pl) f
• Portuguese: Olga (pt) f
• Russian: О́льга (ru) (Ólʹga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Олга

• Skolt Sami: Ååʹlga
• Spanish: Olga (es)
• Swedish: Olga (sv)
• Ukrainian: О́льга (Ólʹha)

Anagrams

• Galo, Gola, Lago, algo, algo-, gaol, goal

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈolɡa]

Proper noun

Olga f

1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Olga

	singulare tantum
nominative	Olga
genitive	Olgy
dative	Olze
accusative	Olgu
vocative	Olgo
locative	Olze
instrumental	Olgou

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Danish

Etymology

From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga)

Proper noun

Olga

1. a female given name.

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Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga)

Proper noun

Olga

1. a female given name.

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Faroese

Etymology

From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl.ka/

Proper noun

Olga f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Olga: Olguson
• daughter of Olga: Olgudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Olga
Accusative	Olgu
Dative	Olgu
Genitive	Olgu

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Finnish

Etymology

From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded as a given name of Finns in 1812.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolɡɑ/, [ˈo̞lɡɑ]
• Rhymes: -olɡɑ
• Syllabification: Ol‧ga

Proper noun

Olga

1. a female given name.
   • 1973 Aulikki Oksanen, Isosisko ja pikkuveli, Kirjayhtymä, →ISBN, page 155:

     —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.

Declension

Inflection of Olga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Olga	Olgat
genitive		Olgan	Olgien
partitive		Olgaa	Olgia
illative		Olgaan	Olgiin
		singular	plural
nominative		Olga	Olgat
accusative	nom.	Olga	Olgat
	gen.	Olgan
genitive		Olgan	Olgien Olgainrare
partitive		Olgaa	Olgia
inessive		Olgassa	Olgissa
elative		Olgasta	Olgista
illative		Olgaan	Olgiin
adessive		Olgalla	Olgilla
ablative		Olgalta	Olgilta
allative		Olgalle	Olgille
essive		Olgana	Olgina
translative		Olgaksi	Olgiksi
instructive		—	Olgin
abessive		Olgatta	Olgitta
comitative		—	Olgineen

Possessive forms of Olga (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Olgani	Olgamme
2nd person	Olgasi	Olganne
3rd person	Olgansa

Related terms

• Oili
• Helka

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German

Etymology

From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Olga

1. a female given name from Russian

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlka/

  Rhymes: -ɔlka

Proper noun

Olga f

1. a female given name

Declension

declension of Olga

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Olga	Olgan	Olgur	Olgurnar
accusative	Olgu	Olguna	Olgur	Olgurnar
dative	Olgu	Olgunni	Olgum	Olgunum
genitive	Olgu	Olgunnar	Olga	Olganna

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1858. From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

Proper noun

Olga f

1. a female given name.
2. 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.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) around 1800.

Proper noun

Olga

1. a female given name.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), from Old Norse heilagr, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Doublet of Helga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl.ɡa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlɡa
• Syllabification: Ol‧ga

Proper noun

Olga f (masculine Oleg)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olga

Declension

Declension of Olga

	singular	plural
nominative	Olga	Olgi
genitive	Olgi	Olg
dative	Oldze	Olgom
accusative	Olgę	Olgi
instrumental	Olgą	Olgami
locative	Oldze	Olgach
vocative	Olgo	Olgi

Further reading

• Olga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Olga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˌɔw.ɡɐ/, [ˌɔʊ̯.ɡɐ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˌɔl.ɡɐ/, [ˌɔɫ.ɣɐ]

Proper noun

Olga f

1. a female given name from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), equivalent to English Olga

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Olga f (genitive/dative Olgăi)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olga

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Slovene

Proper noun

Olga ?

1. a female given name from Russian

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolɡa/, [ˈol.ɣ̞a]

Proper noun

Olga f

1. a female given name from Russian

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Swedish

Etymology

From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded in Sweden in 1843.

Proper noun

Olga c (genitive Olgas)

1. a female given name.