Ola (first name)
Ola is a male and female given name .
Origin and meaning
The male first name Ola is derived from Olaf and is particularly common in Scandinavia .
The feminine form of Ola is a short form of Aleksandra in Polish , but the short form of Olga (Оля) in Russia and Ukraine .
Name bearer
Male first name
- Ola Afolabi (* 1980), British boxer
- Ola Aina (* 1996), Nigerian-English soccer player
- Ola Andersson (* 1966), Swedish football player, coach and official
- Ola Berger (* 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer
- Ola Billgren (1940–2001), Swedish artist and art theorist
- Ola Skjåk Bræk (1912–1999), Norwegian politician
- Ola Bratteli (1946–2015), Norwegian mathematician
- Ola Brunkert (1946-2008), Swedish drummer
- Ola Elvestuen (* 1967), Norwegian politician
- Ola Fagbemi (* 1984), Nigerian badminton player
- Ola Gjeilo (* 1978), Norwegian pianist and composer
- Ola Morten Græsli (* 1980), Norwegian Nordic combined skier
- Ola Håkansson (* 1945), Swedish composer, singer and producer
- Ola Hansson (1860-1925), Swedish writer
- Ola Vigen Hattestad (* 1982), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Ola Herje Hovdenak (* 1973), Norwegian ski mountaineer
- Ola John (* 1992), Dutch football player
- Ola Källenius (* 1969), Swedish manager
- Ola Kamara (* 1989), Norwegian football player
- Ola Kristiansson (* 1971), Swedish tennis player
- Ola Kvernberg (* 1981), Norwegian jazz musician and composer
- Ola T. Lånke (* 1948), Norwegian politician
- Ola Lindgren (* 1964), Swedish handball player
- Ola Borten Moe (* 1976), Norwegian politician
- Ola Molin (* 1974), Swedish badminton player
- Ola Moum (* 1986), Norwegian e-athlete
- Ola Nilsson (* 1973), Swedish football player
- Ola Rapace (* 1971), Swedish actor
- Ola Rotimi (1938-2000), Nigerian writer
- Ola Rydstrand (* 1955), Swedish football player
- Ola Salo (* 1977), Swedish singer and musician
- Ola Didrik Saugstad (* 1947), Norwegian pediatrician
- Ola Skarholt (1939-2017), Norwegian orienteer
- Ola Solum (1943–1996), Norwegian film director, screenwriter and actor
- Ola Svanberg (* 1985), Swedish ice hockey player
- Ola Svensson (* 1964), Swedish football player
- Ola Svensson (* 1986), Swedish pop singer, known as Ola
- Ola Toivonen (* 1986), Swedish football player of Finnish descent
- Ola Ullsten (1931–2018), Swedish politician and Prime Minister
- Ola Wærhaug (* 1937), Norwegian biathlete
Female first name
- Ola Alsen (1880–1956), German writer and editor
- Ola Hnatiuk (* 1961), Polish literary scholar, Ukrainist and translator
- Ola Ray (* 1960), American film actress
- Ola Sesay (* 1979), Sierra Leonean athlete
- Ola Elizabeth Winslow (1885–1977), American literary scholar, university teacher, and biographer
Fictional character
- Ola Nordmann, average fictional Norwegian person, see Ola and Kari Nordmann