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 Russia in the 9th century, by the Scandinavian settlers who founded Kievan Rus'.[1]
 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 |
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 edit
Kievan Rus' edit
- Saint Olga of Kiev (890–969), a Varangian noblewoman, regent of Kievan Rus' and wife of Igor of Kiev
Russian imperial family edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 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 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 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 (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
- Olga Glouschenko, Belarusian tennis player
- 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 (born 1926), 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 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 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 edit
- 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
- 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 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
See also edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ 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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