Olga

Meaning

1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).
2. A female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed in the 19th century from Old East Slavic О́льга (Ólĭga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”). Doublet of Helga.

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