Olga (first name)

The female first name Olga ( Russian Ольга ) is the East Slavic form of Helga . The Ukrainian spelling of the name is Olha ( Ольга ), the Belarusian Volha / Wolha ( Вольга ). Pet forms include Olja, Olenka, Oletschka, Oltschik, Lölka, Oluschka, Olunka, Olkotenka .

The masculine form of the name is Oleg .

Origin and name day

The spread of the name goes back to Grand Duchess Olga of Kiev (881–969), a saint of the Eastern Church.

• July 11th - St. Olga of Kiev

Well-known namesake

Olga

• Olga Baclanova (1896–1974), Russian actress of the late silent and early talkies era
• Olga Benario-Prestes (1908–1942), German-Brazilian resistance fighter
• Olga Bergholz (1910–1975), Russian writer
• Olga Bontjes van Beek (1896–1995), German dancer, sculptor and painter
• Olga Burjakina (* 1958), Russian basketball player
• Olga Connolly (* 1932), Czech athlete
• Olga Desmond (1890–1964), German dancer and actress
• Olga Engl (1871–1946), Austrian actress
• Olga Grjasnowa (* 1984), German writer
• Olga Hepnarová (1951–1975), Czech mass murderer
• Olga Iwinskaja (1912–1995), lover of Boris Pasternak
• Olga Jaschina (* 1986), Russian cross-country skier
• Olga Karassjowa (* 1949), Russian-Soviet gymnast and Olympic champion
• Olga Knipper (1868–1959), Russian actress
• Olga Knoblach-Wolff (1923–2008), German painter and graphic artist
• Olga Konon (* 1989), German badminton player
• Olga Korbut (* 1955), Belarusian gymnast
• Olga Körner (1887–1969), German politician (KPD, SED)
• Olga Kurylenko (* 1979), Ukrainian-French actress and model
• Olga Ladyschenskaja (1922–2004), Russian mathematician
• Olga Martynova (* 1962), Russian poet, essayist and translator
• Olga Medwedzewa (* 1975), Russian biathlete
• Olga Nazarowa (* 1965), Russian athlete
• Olga Nemes (* 1968), Romanian-German table tennis player
• Olga Neuwirth (* 1968), Austrian composer
• Olga Pall (* 1947), Austrian ski racer
• Olga Romanowa (1822–1892), Grand Duchess of Russia and Queen of Württemberg
• Olga Romanowa (1851–1926), wife of King George I of Greece
• Olga Romanowa (1895–1918), Grand Duchess of Russia, eldest daughter of the last tsarist couple
• Olga Saizewa (* 1978), Russian biathlete
• Olga Tass (1929–2020), Hungarian gymnast
• Olga Tokarczuk (* 1962), Polish writer
• Olga Törös (1914–2015), Hungarian gymnast
• Olga Chekhowa (born Olga von Knipper; 1897–1980), German actress
• Olga Wendt (1896–1991), German product designer
• Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926), Austrian impressionist painter
• Olga Zimina (* 1982), Russian-Italian chess player

variants

Olya

• Olja Ivanjicki (1931–2009), Yugoslav and Serbian painter
• Olja Karleuša (* 1980), Serbian turbo folk singer
• Olja Savičević (* 1974), Croatian writer

Olha

• Olha Avilova (1918–2009), Soviet-Ukrainian surgeon, university professor and co-founder of thoracic surgery
• Olha Bassarab (1889-1924), Ukrainian activist
• Olha Bryshina (* 1963), former Soviet sprinter
• Olha Charlan (* 1990), Ukrainian saber fencer
• Olha Freimut (* 1982), Ukrainian presenter, journalist, author and model
• Olha Kobyljanska (1863–1942), Ukrainian writer
• Olha Korobka (* 1985), Ukrainian weightlifter
• Olha Leonowa (* 1976), Ukrainian water diver
• Olha Parchomenko (1928–2011), Ukrainian violinist
• Olha Romanowska (* 1986), Ukrainian singer
• Olha Saladucha (* 1983), Ukrainian triple jumper
• Olha Savchuk (* 1987), Ukrainian tennis player
• Olha Shownir (* 1989), Ukrainian saber fencer
• Olha Wolkowa (* 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier

Wolha

• Wolha Dubouskaja (* 1983), Belarusian marathon runner
• Wolha Hapejewa (* 1982), Belarusian writer
• Volha Judzenkowa (* 1967), Belarusian marathon runner
• Wolha Sudarawa (* 1984), Belarusian long jumper
• Wolha Zander (* 1976), Belarusian hammer thrower
• Wolha Zezjaruk (* 1985), Belarusian biathlete