Olga
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed in the 19th century from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), a saints' name borne by Russian royalty, a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy, prosperous”). Doublet of Helga.
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Olga
- A female given name from Russian.
- 1993, Oscar Hijuelos, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, →ISBN, page 6:
- Olga was named after a Russian ballerina whose picture had once appeared in a local advertisement for a ballet company that was to perform in Philadelphia during the weeks of her impending conception, and who was shown pirouetting on a point of light, impressing their mother.
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).
- 1910, Lucy de Grasse Martin, “Magnificent Olga”, in The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, volume LXXX, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co.; London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., page 130, column 1:
- OLGA YOURIEVNA SOLENSKY and I followed the black-veiled nun through the chaste, white, highly polished salons of the convent while she explained to me the origin of her curious name, with which certain highly considered Russian saints had had to do. In Russia, it seems, they called her Olga, daughter of Youri.
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- Fashionable in several West European countries around 1900.
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
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Olga f
- a female given name
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Danish edit
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Olga
- a female given name
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
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Olga
- a female given name
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). Doublet of Helga
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Olga f
- a female given name
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Matronymics
- son of Olga: Olguson
- daughter of Olga: Olgudóttir
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Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Olga |
Accusative | Olgu |
Dative | Olgu |
Genitive | Olgu |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded as a given name of Finns in 1812.
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Olga
- a female given name
- 1973, Aulikki Oksanen, Isosisko ja pikkuveli, Kirjayhtymä, →ISBN, page 155:
- —Tyttö vai poika?
—Tyttö. Olga Ilona.
—Olga?
—Olga niin, kaippa se nimeensä tottuu. Se on isoäidin mukaan. isoäiti oli minulle isä ja äiti ja se on aikamoinen saavutus yhdeltä ihmiseltä.- —A girl or a boy?
—A girl. Olga Ilona.
—Olga?
—Olga yes, guess she'll get used to her name. It's after her grandmother, she was both a father and a mother to me, and that's an achievement from just one person.
- —A girl or a boy?
Declension edit
Inflection of Olga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Olga | Olgat | ||
genitive | Olgan | Olgien | ||
partitive | Olgaa | Olgia | ||
illative | Olgaan | Olgiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Olga | Olgat | ||
accusative | nom. | Olga | Olgat | |
gen. | Olgan | |||
genitive | Olgan | Olgien Olgainrare | ||
partitive | Olgaa | Olgia | ||
inessive | Olgassa | Olgissa | ||
elative | Olgasta | Olgista | ||
illative | Olgaan | Olgiin | ||
adessive | Olgalla | Olgilla | ||
ablative | Olgalta | Olgilta | ||
allative | Olgalle | Olgille | ||
essive | Olgana | Olgina | ||
translative | Olgaksi | Olgiksi | ||
abessive | Olgatta | Olgitta | ||
instructive | — | Olgin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics edit
- Olga is the 212th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,787 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,364 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) in the 19th century.
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Olga
- a female given name from Russian
Icelandic edit
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Olga f
- a female given name
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Latvian edit
Etymology edit
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1858. From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
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Olga f
- a female given name
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).
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Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) around 1800.
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Olga
- a female given name
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), from Old Norse heilagr, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Doublet of Helga.
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Olga f (male equivalent Oleg)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olga
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Further reading edit
- Olga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Ol‧ga
Proper noun edit
Olga f
- a female given name from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), equivalent to English Olga
Romanian edit
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Olga f (genitive/dative Olgăi)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olga
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Slovene edit
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Olga f
- a female given name from Russian
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
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Olga f
- a female given name from Russian
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded in Sweden in 1843.
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Proper noun edit
Olga c (genitive Olgas)
- a female given name