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