Olga is an East Slavic female

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, derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

name Helga. It is used in Russia (Ольга), Ukraine (Ольга, transliterated ''

Olha Olha is a Ukrainian feminine given name related to Olga. Bearers include: * Olha Basanska (born 1992), Ukrainian footballer * Olha Basarab (1889–1924), Ukrainian political activist and alleged spy * Olha Bibik (born 1990), Ukrainian sprinter * ...

''), Belarus (Вольга, transliterated ''Vol'ha''), Bulgaria (Олга transliterated ''Ólga''), the Czech Republic, Greece and Cyprus (Όλγα, ''Ólgha''), Georgia (ოლგა (Olga) or more archaic ოლღა (Olgha)), Latvia, Lithuania (''Alge,Algis''), Finland, Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Balkans (Serbian Олга or Оља), Western Europe and Latin America (Olga). Name days (St. Olga of Kiev): Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Greece and France – July 11, Slovakia – July 23, Ukraine, Russia – July 24, Hungary – July 27. The male equivalent is Oleg (Олeг).

People

Kievan Rus'

* Saint Olga of Kiev (890–969), regent of Kievan Rus' and wife of Igor of Kiev

Russian imperial family

* Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822–1892), second daughter of Nicholas I of Russia, wife to Charles I, King of Württemberg * Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna of Russia (1839–1891), wife of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia * Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851–1926), Queen consort to George I, King of Greece; reigned as Queen regent of Greece in 1920 * Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (1882–1960), sister of Nicholas II of Russia * Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895–1918), the eldest daughter of Nicholas II of Russia

Other royalty and nobility

* Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903–1997), granddaughter of King George I of Greece and wife of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia * Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia (born 1971), Princess of Greece and great-grandchild of Olga, Queen of Greece * Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root (1901 – unknown), Russian noblewoman, singer, and stage actress

Other people

Olga Ahtinen Olga Ahtinen (born 15 August 1997) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a midfielder and has appeared for the Finland women's national team. Career Ahtinen was capped by the Finland national team in 2017, and she appeared for the team during t ...

(born 1997), Finnish footballer *

Olga Aikala Olga Maria Aikala (née Westerlund; June 21, 1883 – December 15, 1962) was a Finnish horologist who served as the CEO of Aikalan Kello ja Kulta Oy. References 1883 births 1962 deaths Finnish businesspeople Finnish watchmakers (people ...

(1883–1962), Finnish horologist *

Olga Appell Olga Appell Avalos (born August 2, 1963, in Durango) is an American long-distance runner from Mexico, best known for winning the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. She ran at the 1992 Summer Olymp ...

(born 1963), Mexican-American long-distance runner * Olga Barabanschikova (born 1979), Belarusian tennis player * Olga Bell (born Olga Balashova 1983), American musician * Olga Benário Prestes (1908–1942), German-Brazilian communist militant *

Olga Björkegren Olga Augusta Christina Björkegren, (8 September 1857 – 30 April 1950), was a Swedish opera singer. Daughter of the Sommelier Per Björkegren and Anna Söderberg. She was a student at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1873, and active a ...

(1857–1950), Swedish opera singer *

Olga Bodnar Olha Bodnar is a Ukrainian politician, People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of the 5th and 6th convocations of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, member of the fraction Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. Biography Olha Bodnar was born on 19 February 1965 in Yampil, ...

(born 1965), Ukrainian politician * Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), Polish painter *

Olga Bucătaru Olga Bucătaru (March 27, 1942, Suceava – April 10, 2020, Bucharest) was a Romanian film and stage actress. She graduated in 1965 from the Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film. In 2002 she was awarded the National Order of Faithf ...

(1942–2020), Romanian actress *

Olga Bulbenkova Olga Bulbenkova (1835-1918) was a Russian fashion designer. She founded the first Russian fashion house. Life She was born into a priest’s family in Nizhny Novgorod. At the age of nine, she became a fosterchild of her aunt, the wife of the me ...

(1835-1918), Russian fashion designer *

Olga Dahl Olga Dahl (née Ström; 20 September 1917 – 3 October 2009) was a Swedish genealogist. Family Olga was born to Ernst and Mimmi (née Norlander) in Malmö. She married Sven Dahl, who was a professor of geography at Gothenburg School of B ...

(1917–2009), Swedish genealogist * Olga Danilov (born 1973), Israeli Olympic speed skater * Olga Danilović (born 2001), Serbian professional tennis player *

Olga Desmond Olga Desmond (born Olga Antonie Sellin 2 November 1890, Allenstein, East Prussia ow Olsztyn, Poland– 2 August 1964, Berlin) was a German dancer, actress, art model and living statue. Biography Olga Antonie Sellin, born November 2, 1890, ...

(1891–1964), German actress and dancer * Olga ('Olly') Donner (1881-1956), Finnish writer * Olga Dor-Dogadko (born 1976), Israeli track and field athlete *

Olga Dvirna Olga Dvirna (born 11 February 1953) is a retired female middle distance runner who represented the Soviet Union in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She set her personal best in the women's 1,500 metres (3:54.23) on July 27, 1982, at a meet in Kiev ...

(born 1953), Soviet middle distance runner * Olga Fedori (born 1984), Ukrainian actress * Olga Fonda (born 1982), Russian actress and model *

Olga Fricker Olga Marguerite Fricker (July 19, 1902 – November 20, 1997) was a Canadian-born dancer, educator and choreographer, a proponent of the Cecchetti method of ballet training. She is also associated with the '' Doctor Dolittle'' children's stories ...

(1902–1997), Canadian-born dancer, educator and choreographer * Olga Fridman (born 1998), Ukrainian-Israeli tennis player * Olga García Mancheño, organic chemistry professor * Olga Gerovasili (born 1961), Greek politician * Olga Golodets (born 1962), Russian economist and politician * Olga Govortsova (born 1988), Belarusian tennis player *

Olga Grau Olga Ida Magdalena Grau Duhart (born September 21, 1945) is a contemporary Chilean writer, full professor, and philosopher, a specialist in gender, sexuality, philosophy, education, and literature. Early life and education Olga Ida Magdalena Gr ...

(born 1945), Chilean writer, professor, philosopher *

Olga di Grésy Marchesa Olga di Grésy (1900-1994) was an Italian fashion designer specialising in knitwear, active between 1928 and 1984. Her company, Mirsa, was one of the most successful Italian knitwear companies of the immediately post-Second World War per ...

(1900–1994), Italian fashion designer * Olga Grushin (born 1971), Russian-American novelist * Olga Guillot (1922–2010), Cuban singer *

Olga Havlová Olga Havlová (Šplíchalová; 11 July 1933 in Prague – 27 January 1996 in Prague) was a Czech dissident, activist, and the first wife of Václav Havel, the last President of Czechoslovakia and first President of the Czech Republic. Havlov� ...

(1933–1996), Czechoslovak, Václav Havel's first wife *

Olga Hrycak Olga Hrycak (born 1947) is a Canadian former basketball player and basketball university coach. She was a provincial championship winning coach for the Champlain College Saint-Lambert Cavaliers men's team in 1981, and worked on the staff of the C ...

(born 1947), Canadian former basketball player and coach *

Olga Ilyin Olga Ilyin, a pen name for ''Olga Baratynskaya'' or ''Olga Alexandrovna Boratynskaya'' (8 August 1894 ( N.S.)-6 November 1991) was a Russian-born American poet and novelist. Her works were published in Russian, German and English. Life Olga, ...

, Russian-born American poet and novelist *

Olya Ivanisevic Olya Ivanisevic ( sr, Оља Иванишевић / ''Olja Ivanišević'') (born 28 April 1988) is a Serbian fashion model. She has been on the cover of Italian "Flair" (April 2008), "Marie Claire" (November 2008), "Velvet" (November 2009); and ...

(born 1988), Serbian fashion model * Olga Kaniskina (born 1985), Russian racewalker *

Olga Kay Olga Kay (born Olga Karavaeva; russian: Ольга Сергеевна Караваева; November 20, 1982) is a Russian-American Internet celebrity (mainly known as a YouTube personality), performer and entrepreneur. Trained as a professional c ...

(born 1982), Russian-American comedian and actress *

Olga Kazi Olga Kazi (born 10 May 1941 in Kispest, Budapest) is a retired female middle distance runner from Hungary. She is a multiple Hungarian Athletics Championships winner, having collected two gold medals in 400 metres, five on 800 metres and one ea ...

(born 1941), Hungarian middle distance runner * Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian pianist *

Olga Knorring Olga Evertovna Knorring (1887-1978) was a botanist from the Soviet Union known for studying the plants of Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west ...

(1887–1978), Russian botanist *

Olga Koch Olga Alfredovna Koch (; born 1 September 1992) is a Russian-British stand-up comedian, writer, and actress. Early life Koch is the daughter of Alfred Koch, head of the State Committee for State Property Management of the Russian Federation from ...

(born 1992), Russian born British stand-up comedian * Olga Korbut (born 1955), Belarusian gymnast * Olga Kurban (born 1987), Russian heptathlete * Olga Kurkulina (born 1971), Israeli high jumper * Olga Kurylenko (born 1979), Ukrainian model and actress * Olga Korhoven Lakela (1890–1980), Finnish-American botanist and educator * Olga Lehmann (born 1912), Chilean born painter and designer * Olga Lengyel (1908–2001), Hungarian Holocaust survivor and author *

Olga Lenskiy Olga Lenskiy (born 24 December 1992) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli sprinter. She competed in the 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing without advancing from the first round. Personal life Her mother Irina Lenskiy is ...

(born 1992), Israeli sprinter * Olga Malinkiewicz (born 1982), Polish physicist and inventor *

Olga Markova (athlete) Olga Markova (russian: Ольга Маркова; born August 6, 1968) is a retired long-distance runner from Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It ...

(born 1968), Russian long-distance runner * Olga Markova (figure skater) (born 1974), Russian figure skater * Olga Mata, Venezuelan woman detained for publishing a humorous TikTok video * Olga Merediz (born 1956), American Broadway, TV, and film actress * Olga Mikhaylova (born 1986), Russian race walker * Olga Morozova (born 1949), USSR (now Russian) former tennis player *

Olga Oinola Olga Adele Oinola born Olga Adele Johansson (2 July 1865 – 6 November 1949) was a Finn who became President of the Finnish Women Association. Life Oinola was born in Leppävirta in 1865. Oinola completed girls' school in 1879 and she completed ...

(1865–1949), Finnish suffragette and President of the Finnish Women Association *

Olga Ozarovskaya Olga Erastovna Ozarovskaya (; 1874 – 1933) was a Russian folklorist, storyteller, performer, writer, and an archivist of fairy tales. She published a few Northern Russian folklore collection books. Additionally she was the first female civil ...

(1874–1933), Russian folklorist, performer, writer *

Olga Panfyorova Olga Panfyorova (born August 21, 1977) is a female race walker from Russia. She set the world's best year performance in the women's 10 km walk in 1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * ...

(born 1977), Russian race walker * Olga Pendleton, American statistician * Olga Peredery (born 1994), Ukrainian handball player * Olga Petrova (1884–1977), British-American actress, screenwriter and playwright *

Olga Pikhienko Olga Pikhienko (born February 11, 1980) is a circus performer who specializes in handbalancing and contortion. Pikhienko started in rhythmic gymnastics at the age of five. When she was eleven, she started performing with her father, Sasha Pikhienk ...

(born 1980), Russian circus performer *

Olga Polyuk Olha Yuryivna Polyuk ( uk, Ольга Юріївна Полюк; born September 15, 1987, in Khmelnytskyi) is a Ukrainian freestyle skier, specializing in aerials. She competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. Career Polyuk started h ...

(born 1987), Ukrainian freestyle skier *

Olga Puchkova Olga Alekseyevna Puchkova (also Poutchkova; russian: links=no, Ольга Алексеевна Пучкова; be, Вольга Аляксееўна Пучкова, links=no; born 27 September 1987) is a Russian former professional tennis playe ...

(born 1987), Russian tennis player *

Olga Radke Hermannsburg, also known as Ntaria, is an Aboriginal community in Ljirapinta Ward of the MacDonnell Shire in the Northern Territory of Australia, ; west southwest of Alice Springs, on the Finke River, in the traditional lands of the Western A ...

, Lutheran church worker, musician, helped run the

Hermannsburg Choir Ntaria Choir, formerly known as Ntaria Ladies Choir, Hermannsburg Ladies Choir, Hermannsburg Choir], and various other names, is a choir of Australian Aboriginal people from Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Hermannsburg in Central Australia. Th ...

, Australia, in the 1960s *

Olga Raonić Olga Raonić (born 31 December 1986 in Belgrade) is a Serbian volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter. She competed in the 2013 FIVB World Grand Prix The 2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 21st edition of the annual women ...

(born 1986), Serbian volleyball player * Olga Rutterschmidt (born 1933), American murderer of two homeless men for life insurance money *

Olga Sandberg Olga Götilda Katarina Sandberg (Stockholm, 21 December 1844- September 1926), was a Swedish ballerina. Sandberg was a student at the Royal Swedish Ballet in 1854 and second dancer in 1865–1870. She was a student of Gasperini. She performed a ...

(born 1844), Swedish ballerina *

Olga Savchuk Olga Mykolayivna Savchuk ( uk, Ольга Миколаївна Савчук; born 20 September 1987) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine. Savchuk grew up in the city of Makiyivka in Donetsk province. She resides in Nassau, Bahamas. Her best ...

(born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player *

Olga Sehnalová Olga Sehnalová (born 25 October 1968) is a Czech politician. Since July 2009, she has served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic, representing the Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Soc ...

(born 1968), Czech politician * Olga Seryabkina (born 1985), Russian singer * Olga Silvestre (born 1964), Portuguese politician *

Olga Sosnovska Olga Sosnovska (born 21 May 1972) is a Polish-born U.K./U.S.-based actress. Life and career Sosnovska was born in Wieluń, Poland. Her family emigrated to England when she was eleven. Sosnovska is perhaps best known in the United States for ...

(born 1972), Polish-British actress *

Olga Souza Olga Maria de Souza (born 16 July 1968) is a Brazilian-Italian singer, model and dancer. She is best known as the frontwoman of the Italian group Corona, produced by Francesco "Checco" Bontempi, a.k.a. "Lee Marrow". Early life Souza was born i ...

(born 1968), Brazilian singer *

Olga Šplíchalová Olga Šplíchalová (born September 1, 1975 in Třebíč, Vysočina) is a retired female freestyle swimmer from the Czech Republic, who twice competed for her native country at the Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (fren ...

(born 1975), Czech freestyle swimmer * Olga Syahputra (1983–2015), Indonesian comedy artist * Olga Tañón (born 1967), Puerto Rican singer * Olga Tass (1929–2020), Hungarian gymnast *

Olga Terho Olga Lydia Terho (née Virtanen) was a Finnish politician. She represented the Finnish People's Democratic League in parliament 1945–1948. Olga Virtanen was born on 23 July 1910 in Siikainen, a rural village in south-western Finland.Eduskunta. ...

(1910–2003), Finnish politician * Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual *

Olga Turchak Olga Turchak (russian: Опъга Турчак; born 5 March 1967) is a retired female high jumper born in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Biography Turchak set her personal best on 7 July 1986, jumping 2.01 metres at a meet in Moscow, a mark that sto ...

(born 1967), Kazakh high jumper *

Olga Ulyanova Olga Dmitriyeva Ulyanova (4 March 1922 – 25 March 2011) was a Russian chemist, physicist, and writer. The niece of Vladimir Lenin, she was one of his last-known living relatives before her death. Ulyanova was a supporter of Lenin's legacy, writ ...

(1922-2011), Russian scientist and niece of Vladimir Lenin *

Olga Vigil Olga Lidia Vigil Gómez (born August 26, 1970 in Havana) is a retired female basketball player from Cuba. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'é ...

(born 1970), Cuban basketball player *

Olga Vymetálková Olga Vymetálková (née Blahotová; born 24 January 1976) is a Czech retired tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Eac ...

(born 1976), Czech tennis player *

Olga Winterberg Olga Winterberg (אולגה וינטנברג; May 3, 1922 – 2010) was an Israeli Olympian in the discus throw. She was the first woman to represent Israel at the Olympics. Winterberg was the Israel Women's Champion in the Discus Throw in 1960, ...

(1922–2010), Israeli Olympian in the discus throw * Olga Zaitseva (born 1978), Russian bi-athlete *

Olga Zhitova Olga Zhitova (born 25 July 1983) is a retired Russian volleyball player. She was a member of the Russian team that won the gold medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship The 2006 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, FIVB Women's ...

(born 1983), Russian volleyball player * Olga Zrihen (born 1953), Moroccan-Belgian politician

Fictional characters

* Olga Marie Animusphere in the Japanese mobile game '' Fate/Grand Order'' * Olga da Polga, a fictional Guinea pig the subject of a book series by Michael Bond * Olga Fitzgerald in series 10 of the British television programme ''Waterloo Road'', portrayed by Pooky Quesnel *

Olga Gurlukovich The ''Metal Gear'' franchise features a large number of characters created by Hideo Kojima and designed by Yoji Shinkawa. Its setting features several soldiers with supernatural powers provided by the new advancements of science. The series ini ...

in ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' * Olga Orly in '' Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney'' * Olga Pataki in the American animated television series ''Hey Arnold'' *

Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova ''Three Sisters'' (russian: Три сeстры́, translit=Tri sestry) is a play by the Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov. It was written in 1900 and first performed in 1901 at the Moscow Art Theatre. The play is sometimes included ...

in the Russian play ''Three Sisters'' by Anton Chekhov * Olga in '' Neighbours From Hell 2: On Vacation'', who is Mr Rottweiler's love interest * Olga, a.k.a. Olgariki, in the Russian animated children's television series ''

GoGoRiki ''Kikoriki'', known in the United States as ''GoGoRiki'' or ''BalloonToons'' and in Russia as ''Smeshariki'' (russian: Смешарики), is a Russian animated television series consisting of 307 episodes of 6 minutes and 30 seconds each, aime ...

'' * Olga "meat" Romanova is a general of "The Volk" in the ''

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'' video game series