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Olga (name)

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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).

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Kievan Rus'

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Russian imperial family

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  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.
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