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    Svetlana Velmar-Janković

    Olga
    An icon of St. Olga
    GenderFemale
    Origin
    Word/nameOld Norse
    DerivationHelga
    MeaningHoly; blessed
    Other names
    Variant form(s)Olha, Volha
    Related namesOlja, Oleg

    Olga (Russian: Ольга) is a Russian feminine given name of Scandinavian origin.[1] It is the equivalent of Helga, and derived from the Old Norse adjective heilagr (lit. 'prosperous, successful').[1] The name was brought to Russia in the 9th century, by the Scandinavian settlers who founded Kievan Rus'.[1]

    It is also used in Ukraine (Ольга, transliterated Olha), Belarus (Вольга, transliterated Vol'ha), Bulgaria (Олга transliterated Olga), the Czech Republic, Greece and Cyprus (Όλγα, Ólgha), Georgia (ოლგა (Olga) or more archaic ოლღა (Olgha)), Latvia, Lithuania , 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 masculine form is Oleg (Олeг).

    People

    Kievan Rus'

    Russian imperial family

    Other royalty and nobility

    Other people

    Fictional characters

    See also

    References

    1. ^ a b c 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. Russian name of Scandinavian origin, originally derived from the Old Norse adjective heilagr... It was imported by Scandinavian settlers who founded the first russian state in the 9th century.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_(name)

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