Olga (name)

Olga
	An icon of St. Olga
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Derivation	Helga
Meaning	Holy; blessed
Other names
Variant form(s)	Volha
Related names	Olha, Olja, Oleg

Olga is a female name of Slavic origins. It is the equivalent of Helga, and derived from the Old Norse adjective heilagr (prosperous, successful). The name was brought to Eastern Europe in the 9th century, by the Scandinavian settlers who founded Kievan Rus'.^[1]

It is used in Russia (Ольга), Ukraine (Ольга, transliterated Olha), 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). It is also much in use in Scandinavia.

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 form is Oleg (Олeг).

People

Kievan Rus'

Saint Olga of Kiev (890–969), a Varangian noblewoman, 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), eldest daughter of Nicholas II of Russia
Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff (born 1950), grandniece of Tsar Nicholas II

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
Olga Ilyinichna Ulyanova (1871–1891), Russian noblewoman and sister of Vladimir Lenin

Other people

Olga Abramova (born 1988), Ukrainian biathlete
Olga Abramova (politician) (born 1953), Belarusian politician
Olga Adellach Coma (born 1966), Andorran politician
Olga Adzhiderskaya (born 1982), Kazakhstani handball player
Olga Agnew (1899–1987), Australian child actress
Olga Ahtinen (born 1997), Finnish footballer
Olga Aikala (1883–1962), Finnish horologist
Olga Akimova (born 1983), Uzbekistani ice dancer

Olga Akopyan (born 1985), Russian handball player
Olga Álava (born 1988), Ecuadorian model, social, lifestyle entrepreneur, environmentalist and beauty queen
Olga Albizu (1924–2005), American painter
Olga Aleinikova (born 1951), Russian physician
Olga Alexandrova (born 1978), Ukrainian-born Spanish chess player
Olga Alkalaj (1907–1942), Yugoslav communist leader
Olga Alimova (born 1953), Russian politician
Olga de Amaral (born 1932), Colombian textile and visual artist
Olga Amelchenkova, Russian politician
Olga Andersson (1876–1943), Swedish actress
Olga Andrianova (born 1949), Soviet discus thrower
Olga Andrianova (curler) (1952–2022), Russian female curler and curling coach
Olga Andrino, Spanish painter and sculptor
Olga de Angulo (1955–2011), Colombian swimmer
Olga Anisimova (born 1972), Russian biathlete
Olga Aniskovtseva (born 1982), Belarusian footballer
Olga Anstei (1912–1985), Jewish-Ukrainian émigré poet
Olga Antonetti (1944–1968), Venezuelan beauty queen
Olga Antonova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Anufriyeva, Russian politician
Olga Appell (born 1963), Mexican-American long-distance runner
Olga Arefieva (born 1966), Russian singer-songwriter
Olga Arendt (1859–1902), German writer and actress
Olga Arkhangelskaya (born 1981), Russian badminton player
Olga Arlauskas (born 1981), Russian—Spanish filmmaker and film director
Olga Arntgolts (born 1982), Russian theater and film actress
Olga Aroseva (1925–2013), Soviet and Russian actress
Olga Artamonova (born 1977), Kazakhstani Olympic judoka
Olga Arteshina (born 1982), Russian basketball player
Olga Asato (born 1949), Peruvian volleyball player
Olga Athaide Craen, Indian pianist
Olga Averino (1895–1989), Russian opera singer
Olga Avilova (1918–2009), Ukrainian surgeon
Olga Babiy (born 1989), Ukrainian chess player
Olga Baclanova (1896–1974), Russian-American actress, radio host and singer
Olga Badelka (born 2002), Belarusian chess player
Olga Balema, Ukrainian visual artist
Olga Ban, Yugoslav partisan
Olga Bancic (1912–1944), Jewish Romanian communist activist
Olga Barabanschikova (born 1979), Belarusian tennis player
Olga Barbušová, Slovak para table tennis player
Olga Barnet (1951–2021), Russian actress
Olga Barysheva (born 1954), Russian basketball player
Olga Bas (born 1964), Russian politician
Olga Batalina (born 1975), Russian politician
Olga Beaver (1942–2012), Czech-American politician
Olga Beggrow-Hartmann (1862–1922), German-Russian painter
Olga Beliaeva (born 1985), Russian water polo player
Olga Bell (born Olga Balashova, 1983), American musician
Olga Belova (rhythmic gymnast), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Belyakova (born 1988), Russian short track speed skater
Olga Benário Prestes (1908–1942), German-Brazilian communist militant
Olga Bennett, Irish politician
Olga Beresnyeva (born 1985), Ukrainian swimmer
Olga Bergholz (1910–1975), Soviet poet
Olga Bezsmertna (born 1983), Ukrainian operatic soprano
Olga Bianchi, Latin American pacifist and human rights activist
Olga Bicherova (born 1967), Soviet gymnast
Olga Bielkova (born 1975), Ukrainian politician
Olga Bisera, Yugoslav-born Italian film actress and producer
Olga Bjoner (1887–1969), Norwegian politician and journalist
Olga Björkegren (1857–1950), Swedish opera singer
Olga de Blanck (1916–1998), Cuban musical artist
Olga Blinova (1930–2020), Russian linguist
Olga Bloom (1919–2011), American violinist and violist
Olga Bodnar (born 1965), Ukrainian politician
Olga Bogaevskaya (1915–2000), Russian painter
Olga Bogdanova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Bogoslovskaya (born 1964), Russian sprinter
Olga Bołądź (born 1984), Polish actress
Olga Bondareva (1937–1991), Soviet mathematician and economist
Olga Bordashevskaya (1919–2002), soldier in the Red Army during World War II
Olga Borodina (born 1963), Russian opera singer
Olga Borys (born 1974), Polish actress
Olga Boudker, American scientist and academic
Olga Boznańska (1865–1940), Polish painter
Olga Breeskin (born 1951), Mexican violinist, dancer and actress
Olga Briscorn, Russian serial killer
Olga Broumas (born 1949), Greek poet
Olga Brózda (born 1986), Polish tennis player
Olga Brusnikina (born 1978), Russian synchronized swimmer
Olga Bucătaru (1942–2020), Romanian actress
Olga Budina (born 1975), Russian theater and film actress
Olga Bulbenkova (1835–1918), Russian fashion designer
Olga Bumbić (born 1946), Yugoslav gymnast
Olga Buryakina (born 1958), Russian basketball player
Olga Busuioc, Moldovan soprano
Olga Butkevych (born 1986), Ukrainian-British wrestler
Olga Buyanova (born 1954), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Buzova (born 1986), Russian media personality and singer
Olga Byrne (born 1979), American lawyer
Olga Cantacuzène-Altieri (1843–1929), Russian-Italian aristocrat and novelist
Olga Capri (1883–1961), Italian actress
Olga Andreyeva Carlisle (born 1930), American novelist
Olga Carmona (born 2000), Spanish footballer
Olga Cebotari, Moldovan politician and diplomat
Olga Celeste (1888–1969), American animal trainer
Olga Cepero (born 1975), Cuban triple jumper
Olga Charvátová (born 1962), Czech alpine skier
Olga Chatzinikolaou (born 1981), Greek basketball player
Olga Chekhova (1897–1980), Russian-German actress
Olga Chernova (born 1997), Russian footballer
Olga Chernyavskaya (born 1963), Russian discus thrower
Olga de Chica (1921–2016), Colombian artist
Olga Chorens (1924–2023), Cuban singer and actress
Olga Chupris (born 1969), Belarusian law professor and administrator
Olga Chyumina (1863–1909), Russian poet and translator
Olga Clark (1898–1994), Russian socialite
Olga Conte, Argentine sprinter
Olga Cossettini (1898–1987), Argentine teacher, educator and pedagogue
Olga Costa (1913–1993), Mexican artist
Olga Cristea (born 1987), Moldovan runner
Olga Cușinova (born 1985), Moldovan footballer
Olga E. Custodio, U.S. Air Force officer
Olga Cybulskaya [uk] (born 1985), Ukrainian singer
Olga Dahl (1917–2009), Swedish genealogist
Olga Danilov (born 1973), Israeli Olympic speed skater
Olga Danilova (born 1970), Russian cross-country skier
Olga Danilović (born 2001), Serbian professional tennis player
Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya (1875–1952), Russian artist
Olga Dergunova (born 1965), Russian businessperson
Olga Desmond (1891–1964), German actress and dancer
Olga Desyatskaya (born 1987), Russian sport shooter
Olga Detenyuk (born 1993), Russian swimmer
Olga Dibrova (born 1977), Ukrainian diplomat
Olga Dickie (1900–1992), British Australian actress
Olga Dihovichnaya (born 1980), Belarusian actress
Olga Dmitrieva (born 1981), Russian triathlete
Olga Dolzhykova, Norwegian-Ukrainian chess player
Olga Doménech (born 1988), Spanish water polo player
Olga Dondé (1937–2004), Mexican artist
Olga ('Olly') Donner (1881–1956), Finnish writer
Olga Dontsova (born 1959), Russian scientist
Olga Dor-Dogadko (born 1976), Israeli track and field athlete
Olga Dorfner (1898–1983), American swimmer
Olga Dormandi (1900–1971), Hungarian painter and children’s book illustrator
Olga Doroshina (born 1994), Russian tennis player
Olga Dovgun (born 1970), Kazakhstani sports shooter
Olga Drobysheva (born 1984), Uzbekistani cyclist
Olga Druce, American producer, public speaker and actress
Olga Dubeneckienė (1891–1967), Lithuanian and Soviet painter
Olga Dudko, Ukrainian physicist and academic
Olga Duque de Ospina (died 2019), Colombian politician
Olga Dvirna (born 1953), Soviet middle distance runner
Olga Edwardes (1915–2008), British actress
Olga Efimova (born 1990), Russian volleyball player
Olga Ehrenhaft-Steindler (1879–1933), Austrian physicist
Olga Engl (1871–1946), Austrian actress
Olga Erofeeva, Russian triathlete
Olga Erteszek (1916–1989), Polish-American undergarment designer and lingerie company owner
Olga Ertlová (born 1986), Czech squash player
Olga Escalante (born 1962), Colombian sprinter
Olga Esina, Russian ballet dancer
Olga Luz Espinosa (born 1976), Mexican politician
Olga Evdokimov, Russian physicist
Olga Fadeeva (born 1972), Belarusian actor
Olga Færseth (born 1975), Icelandic multi-sport athlete
Olga Fassatiová (1924–2011), Czech mycologist
Olga Fateeva (born 1984), Russian volleyball player
Olga Fatkulina (born 1990), Russian speed skater
Olga Fedchenko (1845–1921), Russian botanist, explorer and artist
Olga Fedori (born 1984), Ukrainian actress
Olga Fedorovich (born 1992), Belarusian droughts player
Oľga Feldeková (born 1943), Slovak writer
Olga Feliú (1932–2017), Chilean politician and lawyer
Olga Fialka (1848–1930), Austro-Hungarian artist
Olga Fierz (1900–1990), Swiss teacher and translator
Olga Fikotová (1932–2024), Czechoslovak and American discus thrower
Olga Fiorini (1927–2022), Italian businesswoman and educator
Olga Firsova (born 1976), American basketball player
Olga Fischer (born 1951), Dutch linguist
Olga FitzGeorge (1877–1928), English socialite, businesswoman and granddaughter of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
Olga FitzRoy, British sound engineer and campaigner
Olga Flor (born 1968), Austrian writer
Olga Foma (born 1989), Moldovan footballer
Olga Fomina (born 1989), Russian handball player
Olga Fonda (born 1982), Russian actress and model
Olga Fonseca, Venezuelan diplomat
Olga Freidenberg (1890–1955), Russian philosopher
Olga Fricker (1902–1997), Canadian-born dancer, educator and choreographer
Olga Fridman (born 1998), Ukrainian-Israeli tennis player
Olga Frolkina (born 1997), Russian basketball player
Olga Frycz (born 1986), Polish actress
Olga García (born 1992), Spanish footballer
Olga García Mancheño, Spanish organic chemistry professor
Olga Gavrilova (1957–2022), Soviet javelin thrower
Olga Generalova (born 1972), Russian triathlete
Olga Vittoria Gentilli (1888–1957), Italian actress
Olga Germanova (born 1961), Russian politician
Olga Georges-Picot (1940–1997), French actress
Olga Gere (born 1942), Yugoslav high jumper
Olga Gerovasili (born 1961), Greek politician
Olga Gil Medrano (born 1956), Spanish mathematician
Olga Girya (born 1991), Russian chess grandmaster
Olga Givernet (born 1981), French politician
Olga Glatskikh (born 1989), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Glazova (born 1993), Russian singer
Olga Glok (born 1982), Russian long-distance runner
Oľga Glosíková (1953–2024), Slovak politician
Olga Glouschenko (born 1978), Belarusian tennis player
Olga Gnedovskaya (born 1989), Uzbekistani swimmer
Olga Göllner (1930–2017), Romanian gymnast
Olga Golodets (born 1962), Russian economist and politician
Olga Golovanova (snowboarder) (born 1983), Russian snowboarder
Olga Golovkina (born 1986), Russian athlete
Olga Gonçalves (1929–2004), Portuguese poet and novelist
Olga Gontar (born 1979), Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
Olga D. González-Sanabria, Puerto Rican scientist
Olga Gorbunova (born 1993), Russian water polo player
Olga Gorelik, Belarusian-born American pianist
Olga Gorshenina (born 1990), Russian handball player
Olga May Goss, Australian plant pathologist
Olga Govortsova (born 1988), Belarusian tennis player
Olga Graf (born 1983), Russian speed skater
Olga Grant, Canadian baseball player
Olga Grau (born 1945), Chilean writer, professor, philosopher
Olga Gray (1906–1990), British secretary, typist and MI5 infiltration agent
Olga di Grésy (1900–1994), Italian fashion designer
Olga Grey (1896–1973), American actress
Olga Grishenkova, Russian ballet dancer
Olga Grjasnowa (born 1984), German writer
Olga Grushin (born 1971), Russian-American novelist
Olga Grushko (born 1976), Kazakhstani volleyball player
Olga Guillot (1922–2010), Cuban singer
Olga Guirao, Spanish writer
Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze (1855–1940), Georgian biologist and educator
Olga Gurski (1902–1975), Ukrainian artist
Olga Gutiérrez (1928–2015), Ecuadorian musical artist
Olga Gutmakher (born 1987), Israeli chess player
Olga Gyarmati (1924–2013), Hungarian track and field athlete
Olga Gzovskaya (1883–1962), Russian actress
Olga Hachatryan (born 1992), Turkmenistani swimmer
Olga Hadžić (1946–2019), Serbian mathematician
Olga Hahn-Neurath (1882–1937), Austrian mathematician and philosopher
Olga Hankin (1852–1942), Belarusian-Israeli midwife and activist
Olga Hans (born 1971), Polish composer and music educator
Olga Harmony (1928–2018), Mexican playwright and drama teacher
Olga Hartman (1900–1974), American invertebrate zoologist
Olga Havlová (1933–1996), Czechoslovak, Václav Havel's first wife
Olga Hegedus (1920–2017), English cellist
Olga Hepnarová (1951–1975), Czechoslovakian mass murder
Olga Herlin (1875–1965), Swedish, first female engraver
Olga Herrera-MacBryde (1937–2007), Ecuadorian-American botanist and international conservationist
Olga Holtz (born 1973), Russian mathematician
Olga Homeghi (born 1958), Romanian rower
Olga Horak (1926–2024), Czechoslovakian-born Australian author and Holocaust survivor
Olga Hostáková (born 1975), Czech tennis player
Olga Huckins, American writer and editor
Olga Hudenko (born 1991), Russian cyclist
Olga Hudlická (1926–2014), Czech-born English physiologist
Olga Humo (1919–2013), Yugoslav partisan, writer and academic
Olga Hrycak (born 1947), Canadian basketball player and coach
Olga Ianchuk (born 1995), Ukrainian tennis player
Olga Ignatieva (1920–1999), Soviet chess player
Olga Ilich, Canadian politician
Olga Ilina (born 1995), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Ilyin, Russian-born American poet and novelist
Olga Imerslund (1907–1987), Norwegian pediatrician
Olga Ismayilova (born 1985), Belarusian-Azerbaijani cyclist
Olga van Iterson-Knoepfle, Dutch artist
Olya Ivanisevic (born 1988), Serbian fashion model
Olga Ivanova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Ivinskaya (1912–1995), Russian poet and writer, Soviet gulag detainee
Olga Jackowska (1951–2018), Polish vocalist and songwriter
Olga Jakušina (born 1997), Latvian ice dancer
Olga James (born 1929), American singer and actress
Olga Jančić (1929–2012), Serbian sculptor
Olga Jarkova (born 1979), Russian curler
Olga Jegunova (born 1984), Latvian classical pianist
Olga Jekyll (1918–2014), New Zealand fencer
Olga Jensch-Jordan (1913–2000), German diver
Olga Jevrić (1922–2014), Serbian sculptor
Olga Jonasson (1934–2006), American transplant surgeon
Olga Juha (born 1962), Hungarian high jumper
Olga Kabo (born 1968), Soviet and Russian actress
Olga Kachura (1970–2022), Ukrainian separatist military officer
Olga Kaidantzi (born 1979), Greek sprinter
Olga Kalyuzhnaya (born 1982), Russian tennis player
Olga Kameneva (1883–1941), Russian Bolshevik revolutionary
Olga Kaniskina (born 1985), Russian racewalker
Olga Kapeliuk (born 1932), Israeli linguist
Olga Kapranova (born 1987), Russian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Karasyova (born 1949), Soviet artistic gymnast
Olga Kardopoltseva (born 1966), Belarusian racewalker
Olga Karlatos (born 1945), Greek actress
Olga Kay (born 1982), Russian-American comedian and actress
Olga Kazakova (born 1968), Russian politician
Olga Kazi (born 1941), Hungarian middle distance runner
Olga Kefalogianni (born 1975), Greek politician
Olga Kennard (1924–2023), Hungarian-born British crystallographer
Olga Kern (born 1975), Russian pianist
Olga Kevelos (1923–2009), British motorcycle racer
Olga Kharitonova (born 1990), Russian sprinter
Olga Kharlampovich (born 1960), Canadian mathematician
Olga Kharlan (born 1990), Ukrainian fencer
Olga Khodataeva (1894–1968), Soviet artist and animator
Olga Khokhlova (1891–1955), Russian-Ukrainian model and dancer
Olga Khokhlova (politician) (born 1957), Russian politician
Olga Kholodnaya, Russian violinist, composer, arranger and producer
Olga Khoroshavtseva (born 1994), Russian freestyle wrestler
Olga Khristoforova (born 1980), Russian diver
Olga Khrzhanovskaya (born 1980), Russian volleyball player
Olga Kirichenko (born 1976), Ukrainian swimmer
Olga Kisseleva (born 1965), French artist
Olga Knipper (1868–1959), Russian and Soviet stage actress
Olga Knorring (1887–1978), Russian botanist
Olga Knudsen (1865–1947), Danish politician and women’s rights activist
Olga Knyazeva (1954–2015), Soviet fencer
Olga Koch (born 1992), Russian born British stand-up comedian
Olga Kocharovskaya, American physicist
Olga Kochneva (born 1988), Russian fencer
Olga Konkova (born 1969), Norwegian-Russian jazz pianist
Olga Korbut (born 1955), Belarusian gymnast
Olga Kormukhina (born 1960), Russian singer
Olga Koroleva (born 1979), Russian freestyle skier
Olga Korosteleva, Russian-American statistician
Olga Kosakiewicz (1915–1983), French actress
Olga Kotlyarova (born 1976), Russian runner
Olga Koumoundouros (born 1965), American sculptor based in Los Angeles
Olga Kovalkova (born 1984), Belarusian activist
Olga Kovitidi (born 1962), Crimean politician
Olga Kucherenko (born 1985), Russian long jumper
Olga Kudeshkina, Russian judge
Olga Kulchynska, Ukrainian soprano opera singer
Olga Kurban (born 1987), Russian heptathlete
Olga Kurkulina (born 1971), Israeli high jumper
Olga Kurylenko (born 1979), Ukrainian model and actress
Olga Kusenko, Soviet and Ukrainian actress
Olga Kuzeneva (1887–1978), Russian botanist
Olga Kuzenkova (born 1970), Russian hammer thrower
Olga Kuznetsova (born 1967), Russian middle-distance runner
Olga Kuznetsova (sport shooter) (born 1968), Russian sport shooter
Olga Kuzyukova (born 1985), Russian cross-country skier
Olga Ladyzhenskaya (1922–2004), Russian mathematician
Olga Lagrange-Gerlach (1874–1949), German opera singer
Olga Laiuk (born 1984), Ukrainian handball player
Olga Korhoven Lakela (1890–1980), Finnish-American botanist and educator
Olga Landik (born 1980), Russian swimmer
Olga Larionova (born 1935), Russian science fiction writer
Olga I. Larkina (born 1954), Russian journalist, publicist and writer
Olga Lauristin (1903–2005), Soviet Estonian politician
Olga Lazarchuk (born 1981), Ukrainian tennis player
Olga Lazarenko (born 1980), Russian freestyle skier
Olga Lehmann (1912–2001), Chilean born painter and designer
Olga Lengyel (1908–2001), Hungarian Holocaust survivor and author
Olga Lenskiy (born 1992), Israeli sprinter
Olga Lepeshinskaya (disambiguation), several people
Olga Lerman (born 1988), Russian stage and film actress
Olga Leshchuk (born 1971), Russian-born Kazakhstani water polo player
Olga Letyushova (born 1975), Russian footballer
Olga Levashova (1837–1905), Russian revolutionary
Olga Levenkova (born 1984), Russian heptathlete
Olga Lezhneva (born 1983), Ukrainian actress
Olga Li (born 1986), Russian politician
Olga Liashchuk, Ukrainian strongwoman
Olga Liashenko, Ukrainian German painter
Olga Limburg (1881–1970), German actress
Olga F. Linares (1936–2014), Panamanian-American academic anthropologist and archaeologist
Olga Lindo (1899–1968), English actress
Olga Linek Scholl (1884–1982), Czech-American screenwriter
Olga Lipovskaya (1954–2021), Russian feminist
Olga Litvinenko (born 1983), Russian politician
Olga Loera (born 1980), Mexican-American glamour model
Olga Loizou (born 1961), Cypriot swimmer
Olga Lomaka (born 1982), Russian contemporary artist
Olga Lomonosova (born 1978), Russian actress and former ballerina
Olga Lopes-Seale (1918–2011), Guyanese radio personality and activist
Olga Loseva (born 1954), Russian musicologist
Olga Lounová (born 1981), Czech actress, singer, model and car racer
Olga Lowe (1919–2013), British actress
Olga Lucovnicova, Moldovan film director and cinematographer
Olga Lugina (born 1974), Ukrainian tennis player
Olga Luzardo (1916–2016), Venezuelan journalist and activist
Olga Lychkina (born 1968), Russian freestyle skier
Olga Lyubatovich (1853–1917), Russian revolutionary
Olga Lyubimova (born 1980), Russian politician
Olga Madar (1915–1996), American trade unionist
Olga Makeeva (born 1974), Ukrainian lawyer and separatist
Olga Malinkiewicz (born 1982), Polish physicist and inventor
Olga Mandrika (born 1993), Kazakhstani cross-country skier
Olga Markova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Martín-Belloso (born 1960), Spanish food scientist
Olga Martynova (born 1962), Russian-German writer
Olga Masters (1919–1986), Australian author
Olga Mata, Venezuelan woman detained for publishing a humorous TikTok video
Olga Máté (1878–1961), Hungarian photographer
Olga Elena Mattei (born 1933), Colombian poet
Olga Medvedeva (born 1987), Russian handball player
Olga Medvedtseva (born 1975), Russian biathlete
Olga Medynich (born 1981), Russian theater and film actress
Olga Meganskaya (born 1992), Russian singer, model and former member of Ukrainian girl group Nu Virgos
Olga Melnik (born 1974), Russian biathlete
Olga A. Méndez (1925–2009), Puerto Rican politician
Olga Merediz (born 1956), American Broadway, TV, and film actress
Olga Merino (born 1965), Spanish writer
Olga Meyer (1930–2018), Norwegian journalist and radio host
Olga Michael (1916–1979), American saint
Olga Michałkiewicz (born 1994), Polish rower
Olga Avigail Mieleszczuk, Polish-Israeli singer in Yiddish
Olga Mikhaylova (born 1986), Russian race walker
Olga Mikutina (born 2003), Ukrainian-Austrian figure skater
Olga Milemba (born 1984), Congolese handball player
Olga Miller (1920–2003), Australian historian and Aboriginal elder
Olga Milles (1874–1967), Austrian-born Swedish painter
Olga Mineyeva (born 1952), Soviet athlete
Olga Mishchenko (born 1971), Ukrainian sprinter
Olga Mistereggen (1894–1970), Norwegian politician
Olga Mizgireva (1908–2000), Turkmenistani botanist and painter
Olga Modrachová (1930–1995), Czech athletics competitor
Olga Mohr (1905–1955), American artist
Olga Moltchanova (born 1979), Russian-born Kyrgyz swimmer
Olga Montaño, Mexican tennis player
Olga Moreno (born 1979), Spanish footballer
Olga Moroz (born 1966), Belarusian Olympic archer
Olga Morozova (born 1949), USSR (now Russian) tennis player
Olga Morozova (badminton) (born 1995), Russian badminton player
Olga Mostepanova (born 1970), Soviet gymnast
Olga Mukomol (born 1979), Ukrainian swimmer
Olga Mullina (born 1992), Russian pole vaulter
Olga Wilhelmine Munding (born 1976), American singer songwriter
Olga Munteanu (born 1927), Romanian gymnast
Olga Murray (1925–2024), American lawyer and activist
Olga Mutanda (1967–2014), Ivorian sprinter
Olga Mykytenko (born 1974), Ukrainian opera singer
Olga Naidenova (born 1987), Russian figure skater
Olga Najera-Ramirez (born 1955), American anthropologist
Olga Napoli (1903–1955), Italian painter
Olga C. Nardone (1921–2010), American actress
Olga Nasedkina (born 1982), Kazakhstani volleyball player
Olga Naumenko (born 1949), Soviet and Russian actress
Olga Nazarova (born 1965), Soviet sprinter
Olga Nazarova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Nelyubova (born 1964), Russian middle-distance runner
Olga Nemeș (born 1968), German table tennis player
Olga Nethersole (1866–1951), English actress and health educator
Olga Neuwirth (born 1968), Austrian composer
Olga Niewska (1898–1943), Polish sculptor
Olga Nikitina (born 1998), Russian saber fencer
Olga Nikolaeva (born 1972), Russian volleyball player
Olga Nolla (1938–2001), Puerto Rican poet, professor and journalist
Olga Novikoff (1840–1925), Russian writer and journalist
Olga Novikova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Novo (born 1975), Spanish painter
Olga Novokshchenova (born 1974), Russian synchronized swimmer
Olga Nunes (born 1979), Canadian musical artist
Olga Núñez Abaunza (1920–1971), Nicaraguan lawyer
Olga Nyblom (1872–1955), Swedish artist
Olga Nybø (1930–2011), Norwegian politician
Olga Odanović (born 1958), Serbian actress
Olga Oinola (1865–1949), Finnish suffragette and President of the Finnish Women Association
Olga Oleinik (1925–2001), Russian mathematician
Olga Onuch, political scientist
Olga Oppenheimer (1886–1941), German painter
Olga Orgonista (1901–1978), Hungarian pair skater
Olga Orlova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Orman (1943–2021), Aruban writer and poet
Olga Ornatsky, Canadian scientist
Olga Orozco (1920–1999), Argentine poet
Olga Osipyan (born 1995), Armenian footballer
Olga Ostroumova (born 1947), Soviet and Russian actress
Olga Ozarovskaya (1874–1933), Russian folklorist, performer, writer
Olga Pakalović (born 1978), Croatian actress
Olga Palagia (born 1949), Professor of Classical Archaeology
Olga Pall (born 1947), Austrian alpine skier
Olga Panfyorova (born 1977), Russian race walker
Olga Panova (born 1987), Russian tennis player
Olga Paredes (born 1984), Bolivian architect and Wikimedian
Olga Pashchenko, Russian musical artist
Olga Paterova, Transnistrian politician
Olga Pendleton, American statistician
Olga Peredery (born 1994), Ukrainian handball player
Olga Peretyatko (born 1980), Russian operatic soprano
Olga Pericet, Spanish flamenco and contemporary dancer
Olga Permyakova (born 1982), Russian ice hockey defender
Olga Pershankova (born 1972), Russian ice dancer
Olga Petersen (born 1982), German politician
Olga Petit (1870–1966), French lawyer
Olga Petrova (1884–1977), British-American actress, screenwriter and playwright
Olga Petrova (footballer) (born 1986), Russian footballer
Olga Petrović Njegoš (1859–1896), Montenegrin politician
Olga Petrusyova (born 1953), Russian swimmer
Olga Pierri (1914–2016), Uruguayan guitarist and teacher
Olga Pikhienko (born 1980), Russian circus performer
Olga Pilatskaya, Russian activist
Olga Pilipenko (born 1966), Russian politician
Olga Pilipova (born 1983), Kazakhstani archer
Olga Piria (1927–2015), Uruguayan artist, pianist and goldsmith
Olga Pircher, Austrian politician
Olga Plakhotnik, Ukrainian feminist
Olga Pleshkova (born 1956), Russian speed skater
Olga Plümacher (1839–1895), Swiss-American philosopher and scholar
Olga Poblete (1908–1999), women’s rights activist in Chile
Olga Podchufarova (born 1992), Russian biathlete
Olga Podrazhanskaya (born 1948), Israeli chess player
Olga Pogodina (born 1976), Russian actress
Olga Pogrebnyak (born 1973), Belarusian sport shooter
Olga Polizzi, British hotelier and interior designer
Olga Poltoranina (born 1987), Kazakhstani biathlete
Olya Polyakova (born 1979), Ukrainian singer, actress and TV host
Olga Polyuk (born 1987), Ukrainian freestyle skier
Olga Ponizova (born 1974), Russian theater and film actress
Olga Poryadina (born 1980), Russian footballer and coach
Olga Potocka (1802–1861), Polish countess
Olga Polylitsina, Russian skeleton racer
Olga Povitzky, American physician
Olga Praguer Coelho (1909–2008), Brazilian folk singer and guitarist
Olga Preobrazhenskaya (disambiguation), several people
Olga Printzlau (1891–1962), American screenwriter
Olga Prokhorova (born 1979), Russian swimmer
Olga Prokuronova (born 1989), Russian pair skater
Olga Puchkova (born 1987), Russian tennis player
Olga Puzhevich (born 1983), Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
Olga Quiñones Fernández (1940–2014), Spanish lawyer and feminist
Olga Radke, Lutheran church worker, musician, helped run the Hermannsburg Choir, Australia, in the 1960s
Olga Raggio (1925–2009), American art historian
Olga Rajković (1913–?), Yugoslav gymnast
Olga Ramos (1918–2005), Spanish musician and actress
Olga Ramos (activist) (1962–2022), Venezuelan activist, professor and researcher
Olga Raonić (born 1986), Serbian volleyball player
Olga Rapay-Markish (1929–2012), Ukrainian artist and sculptor
Olga Raspopova (born 1978), Russian middle-distance runner
Olga Rautenkranzová (1891–?), Czech director and screenwriter
Olga Ravn (born 1986), Danish poet and novelist
Olga Reshetkova (born 1982), Kyrgyzstani cross-country skier
Olga Richterová (born 1985), Czech linguist, translator and politician
Olga Rocheva (born 1978), Russian cross-country skier
Olga Rodríguez (journalist) (born 1975), Spanish journalist and author
Olga Roj (born 1989), Belarusian-German badminton player
Olga Romanova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Romanovskaya (born 1986), Ukrainian singer, television presenter, fashion designer and model
Olga von Root (1901–1967), Russian actress and aristocrat
Olga Roriz (born 1955), Portuguese choreographer and dancer
Olga Ross Hannon (1890–1947), American art professor and instructor
Olga Rotari (born 1989), Moldovan classical musician
Olga Rozanova (1886–1918), Russian painter
Olga Rubin (born 1989), Israeli mixed martial arts fighter
Olga Rublyova (born 1974), Russian long jumper
Olga Rubtsova (1909–1994), Soviet chess player
Olga Rudenko, Ukrainian journalist
Olga Rudge (1895–1996), American violinist
Olga Rukavishnikova (born 1955), Soviet pentathlete
Olga Russakovsky, Ukrainian computer scientist
Olga Rutterschmidt (born 1933), American murderer of two homeless men for life insurance money
Olga Ruyol, Cuban softball player
Olga Ryabinkina (born 1976), Russian shot putter
Olga Rypakova (born 1984), Kazakhstani athlete
Olga Sacharoff (1889–1967), Spanish painter
Olga Sáez Larra (born 1994), Spanish tennis player
Olga Safari (born 1993), American actress and model
Olga Safronova (born 1991), Kazakhstani painter
Olga Samaroff (1880–1948), American pianist
Olga San Juan (1927–2009), American actress
Olga San Nicolás, Spanish footballer
Olga Sánchez Cordero (born 1947), Mexican politician and lawyer
Olga Sandberg (1844–1926), Swedish ballerina
Olga Sanfirova (1917–1944), Soviet military aviator
Olga Sanko (born 1978), Russian handball player
Olga Sansom (1900–1989), New Zealand teacher, museum director, botanist, broadcaster, and writer
Olga Sapphire (1907–1981), Russian-Japanese ballerina and choreographer
Olga Savary (1933–2020), Brazilian writer
Olga Savastianova (born 1960), Russian politician
Olga Savchuk (born 1987), Ukrainian tennis player
Olga Savenkova (born 1982), Russian ice hockey player
Olga Scheltema-de Nie (1939–2023), Dutch scientist and politician
Olga Scheps (born 1986), German pianist
Olga Schoberová (born 1943), Indonesian comedian, actor, TV presenter and singer
Olga Schuchkina (born 1980), Russian cross-country skier
Olga Schwind (1887–1979), German musician
Olga Sedakova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Seate, South African politician
Olga Segerberg, Swedish photographer and suffragist
Olga Segura (born 1986), Mexican actress and producer
Olga Sehnalová (born 1968), Czech politician
Olga Seleznyova (born 1975), Kazakhstani cross-country skier
Olga Semenova (born 1973), Russian Paralympic athlete
Olga Semkina (born 1976), Russian former pair skater
Olga Senyuk (born 1991), Moldovan-born Azerbaijani-Ukrainian archer
Olga Sergaeva (born 1977), Russian footballer
Olga Seryabkina (born 1985), Russian singer
Olga Ševcova (born 1992), Latvian footballer
Olga Shapir (1850–1916), Russian writer and feminist
Olga Sharkova-Sidorova (born 1968), Russian fencer
Olga Sharutenko (born 1978), Russian competitive ice dancer
Olga Shatylo (born 1984), Ukrainian Paralympic volleyball player
Olga Shcherbak (born 1998), Russian handball player
Olga Shchukina (born 1977), Uzbek shot putter
Olga Shekel (born 1994), Ukrainian cyclist
Olga Sherbatykh (born 1988), Ukrainian artistic gymnast
Olga Shevchenko (born 1979), Russian ski-orienteer
Olga Shevchuk, Ukrainian synchronized swimmer
Olga Shishigina (born 1968), Kazakhstani hurdler
Olga Shishkina (disambiguation), several people
Olga Shkurnova (born 1962), Soviet volleyball player
Olga Sikorová (born 1975), Czech chess player
Olga Silvestre (born 1964), Portuguese politician
Olga Simzis, Russian opera singer
Olga Sinclair, Panamanian painter
Olga Sjøgren (1884–1960), Norwegian actress
Olga Slabeyeva (born 1984), Russian TV host and propagandist
Olga Slapina (born 1966), Soviet canoeist
Olga Slavnikova (born 1957), Russian novelist and literary critic
Olga Slyusareva (born 1969), Russian cyclist
Olga Smirnova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Smorodskaya (born 1956), Russian sports executive
Olga Sokolova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Sokolovskaya (born 1991), Ukrainian-born Russian basketball player
Olga Solbelli (1898–1976), Italian actress
Olga Solovova (born 1953), Soviet volleyball player
Olga Sorkine-Hornung, Soviet-born Israeli computer scientist
Olga Sosina (born 1992), Russian ice hockey player
Olga Sosnovska (born 1972), Polish-British actress
Olga Souza (born 1968), Brazilian singer
Olga Speranskaya, Russian scientist and environmentalist
Olga Spessivtseva (1895–1991), Russian ballet dancer
Olga Spiridonović (1923–1994), Serbian actress
Olga Šplíchalová (born 1975), Czech freestyle swimmer
Olga Stanisławska (born 1967), Polish writer and freelance journalist
Olga Stepanova (born 1986), Russian sport shooter
Olga Stewart (1920–1998), Scottish botanist and botanical artist
Olga Stjazhkina (born 1970), Russian chess player
Olga Stolbova, Soviet and Russian linguist
Olga Strantzali (born 1996), Greek volleyball player
Olga Strashun Weil (1903–1963), American tennis player and golfer
Olga Strazheva (born 1972), Soviet artistic gymnast
Olga Stringfellow (1923–?), New Zealand writer
Olga Stulneva (born 1983), Russian athlete and bobsledder
Olga Svendsen (1883–1942), Danish actress
Olga Sviderska (born 1989), Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
Olga Svinukhova (born 1969), Russian footballer
Olga Syahputra (1983–2015), Indonesian comedy artist
Olga Szabó-Orbán (1938–2022), Romanian fencer
Olga Szelc (born 1994), Polish figure skater
Olga Talamante (born 1950), American activist
Olga Tankina (born 1994), Kazakhstani handball player
Olga Tañón (born 1967), Puerto Rican singer
Olga Tanscaia, Moldovan footballer and futsal and women’s football referee
Olga Taratuta (1876–1938), Ukrainian anarchist
Olga Tass (1929–2020), Hungarian gymnast
Olga Taussky-Todd (1906–1995), Austrian-American mathematician
Olga Te, Russian weightlifter
Olga Tereshkova (born 1984), Kazakhstani sprinter
Olga Terho (1910–2003), Finnish politician
Olga Timofeeva (born 1977), Russian politician and journalist
Olga Timofeyeva (politician, born 1967), Russian politician
Olga Titova (born 1980), Kyrgyzstani swimmer
Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962), Polish writer, activist, and public intellectual
Olga Törös (1914–2015), Hungarian artistic gymnast
Olga Tratsevskaya (born 1975), Belarusian rower
Olga Travnikova (born 1970), Kazakhstani handball player
Olga Troyanskaya, American academic
Olga Tsarbopoulou (born 1968), Greek tennis player
Olga Tshilombo (born 2002), DR Congolese footballer
Olga Tsuberbiller (1885–1975), Russian mathematician

Olga Tsutskova (born 1952), Russian painter
Olga Tufnell (1905–1985), British archaeologist
Olga Turchak (born 1967), Kazakh high jumper
Olga von Türk-Rohn, Austrian soprano and voice teacher
Olga Turova (born 1983), Russian water polo player
Olga Tzavara (1924–2013), Greek sport shooter
Olga Ulyanova (1922–2011), Russian scientist and niece of Vladimir Lenin
Olga Umaralieva (born 1988), Uzbekistani sprint canoeist
Olga Umnova, British academic
Olga Uskova (born 1964), Russian entrepreneur
Olga Uvarov (1910–2001), Russian surgeon and researcher
Olga Vargas (born 1980), Mexican synchronized swimmer
Olga Vasdeki (born 1973), Greek triple jumper
Olga Vashkevich (born 1988), Belarusian basketball player
Olga Vasilchenko (born 1956), Russian former rower
Olga Vasiljonok (born 1980), Belarusian cross-country skier
Olga Vasilyeva (disambiguation), several people
Olga Vasyukova (born 1980), Russian synchronized swimmer
Olga Vedyacheva (born 1970), Kazakhstani alpine skier
Olga Velichko (born 1965), Russian fencer
Olga Venecia Herrera Carbuccia (born 1956), Dominican jurist
Olga Vigil (born 1970), Cuban basketball player
Olga Villi (1922–1989), Italian actress
Olga Vilukhina (born 1988), Russian biathlete
Olga Vinogradova (1929–2001), Russian neuroscientist
Olga Viscal Garriga (1929–1995), Puerto Rican politician and independence advocate
Olga Vitek, American biostatistician and computer scientist
Olga Viza (born 1958), Spanish journalist
Olga Volchkova (born c. 1970), Russian-born artist
Olga Volkova (disambiguation), several people
Olga Volozhinskaya (born 1962), Soviet ice dancer
Olga Voronets (1926–2014), Russian folk music singer
Olga Voshchakina (born 1961), Soviet fencer
Olga Votavová (born 1966), Czech tennis player
Olga Vymetálková (born 1976), Czech tennis player
Olga Wagner (1873–1963), Danish painter and sculptor
Olga Wasiuk (born 1987), Polish cyclist
Olga Wehrly, Irish actor and voiceover artist
Olga Winterberg (1922–2010), Israeli Olympian in the discus throw
Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926), Austrian painter
Olga Wohlbrück (1867–1933), Austrian author and actress
Olga Xirinacs Díaz (born 1936), Spanish writer and piano teacher
Olga Yakovleva (disambiguation), several people
Olga Yakusheva (born 1974), Belarusian archer
Olga Yatskovets (born 1997), Ukrainian basketball player
Olga Yepifanova (born 1966), Russian politician
Olga Yegorova (born 1972), Russian middle-distance runner
Olga Yevkova (born 1965), Russian basketball player
Olga Yurkina (born 1979), Belarusian artistic gymnast
Olga Zabelinskaya (born 1980), Russian-born Uzbek cyclist
Olga Zabralova (born 1980), Russian politician
Olga Zaitseva (born 1978), Russian bi-athlete
Olga Zammitt (born 1940), Mayor of Gibraltar
Olga Zausaylova (born 1978), Russian triathlete
Olga Zavyalova (born 1972), Russian cross-country skier
Olga Zaytseva (born 1984), Russian sprinter
Olga Zelenkova, Soviet swimmer
Olga Zhanibekova (born 1986), Kazakhstani writer
Olga Zhekulina (1900–1973), Russian artist
Olga Zherebtsova (1766–1849), Russian aristocrat and socialite
Olga Zhitova (born 1983), Russian volleyball player
Olga Zhizneva (1899–1972), Soviet actress
Olga Zilboorg (1933–2017), Mexican-American musician
Olga Zolina (born 1975), Russian meteorologist
Olga Zrihen (born 1953), Moroccan-Belgian politician
Olga Zubarry (1929–2012), Argentine actress
Olga Zubova (born 1993), Russian weightlifter
Olga Zuiderhoek (born 1946), Dutch actress

Fictional characters

Olga, a sister of the messenger Barnabas in Franz Kafka's unfinished novel The Castle
Olga, a.k.a. Olgariki, in the Russian animated children's television series GoGoRiki
Olga in Neighbours From Hell 2: On Vacation, who is Mr Rottweiler's love interest
Olga Marie Animusphere in the Japanese mobile game Fate/Grand Order
Olga Astronominov, also known as Lalavava, the younger sister of Mandark in the American animated television series Dexter's Laboratory
Teto Ollga (Auntie Olga), in the 1976 Albanian comedy film The Lady from the City, portrayed by Violeta Manushi
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 in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Olga Montenegro, a character from the Philippine action drama series FPJ's Batang Quiapo
Olga Orlova in the VOCALOID song series, Parties are for Losers
Olga Orly in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Olga Pataki, the older sister of Helga Pataki in the American animated television series Hey Arnold!
Olga Sergeyevna Prozorova in the Russian play Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
Olga "meat" Romanova is a general of "The Volk" in the Crackdown video game series

External links

References

^ Hanks, P.; Hodges, F.; Hardcastle, K. (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. The Oxford Reference Collection. OUP Oxford. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-19-157854-0.

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