Olga
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed in the 19th century from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”). Doublet of Helga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]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.
Usage notes
[edit]- Fashionable in several West European countries around 1900.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]
|
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olga f
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
Proper noun
[edit]Olga
- a female given name
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olga
- a female given name
Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). Doublet of Helga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olga f
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]Matronymics
- son of Olga: Olguson
- daughter of Olga: Olgudóttir
Declension
[edit]singular | |
---|---|
indefinite | |
nominative | Olga |
accusative | Olgu |
dative | Olgu |
genitive | Olgu |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded as a given name of Finns in 1812.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]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) | |||
---|---|---|---|
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 Olgain rare | |
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. |
Related terms
[edit]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]Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olga
- a female given name from Russian
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olga f (proper noun, genitive singular Olgu)
- a female given name
Declension
[edit]Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1858.
Proper noun
[edit]Olga f
- a female given name
- A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Olga was the only given name of 21 409 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.
Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga) around 1800.
Proper noun
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olga f (male equivalent Oleg)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olga
Declension
[edit]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]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olga f (genitive/dative Olgăi)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olga
Derived terms
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ȏlga f (Cyrillic spelling О̑лга)
- a female given name from Russian, equivalent to English Olga
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Olga”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024
Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ólga f
- a female given name from Russian
Declension
[edit]Feminine, a-stem | |||
---|---|---|---|
nom. sing. | Olga | ||
gen. sing. | Olge | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Olga | Olgi | Olge |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Olge | Olg | Olg |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Olgi | Olgama | Olgam |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Olgo | Olgi | Olge |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Olgi | Olgah | Olgah |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Olgo | Olgama | Olgami |
Further reading
[edit]- “Olga”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olga f
- a female given name from Russian
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Russian О́льга (Ólʹga). First recorded in Sweden in 1843.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Olga c (genitive Olgas)
- a female given name
- English terms derived from Russian
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Russian
- English terms with quotations
- English renderings of Russian female given names
- English terms borrowed from Russian
- Czech terms borrowed from Russian
- Czech terms derived from Russian
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- Czech given names
- Czech female given names
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Danish terms derived from Russian
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Estonian terms borrowed from Russian
- Estonian terms derived from Russian
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Faroese terms derived from Russian
- Faroese doublets
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/olɡɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/olɡɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish terms with quotations
- Finnish koira-type nominals
- German terms derived from Russian
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German female given names
- German female given names from Russian
- Icelandic terms derived from Russian
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔlka
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔlka/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic female given names
- Latvian terms derived from Russian
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian given names
- Latvian female given names
- Latvian renderings of Russian female given names
- Latvian terms borrowed from Russian
- Norwegian terms derived from Russian
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Polish terms borrowed from Russian
- Polish terms derived from Russian
- Polish terms derived from Old Norse
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Polish doublets
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlɡa
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlɡa/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish given names
- Polish female given names
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Russian
- Portuguese terms derived from Russian
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese given names
- Portuguese female given names
- Portuguese female given names from Russian
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian terms with audio pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns
- Romanian given names
- Romanian female given names
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian given names
- Serbo-Croatian female given names
- Serbo-Croatian female given names from Russian
- Slovene 2-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene proper nouns
- Slovene feminine nouns
- Slovene given names
- Slovene female given names
- Slovene female given names from Russian
- Slovene feminine a-stem nouns
- Requests for accents in Slovene noun entries
- Spanish terms borrowed from Russian
- Spanish terms derived from Russian
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/olɡa
- Rhymes:Spanish/olɡa/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish given names
- Spanish female given names
- Spanish female given names from Russian
- Swedish terms derived from Russian
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names