Olga

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Olga is a female given name of Russian origin, historically borne by several notable figures including Russian grand duchesses and saints.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Slavic given name
female given name
given name
associatedWithReligion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
associatedWithTitle grand duchess
saint
category Russian feminine given names
Slavic feminine given names
Theophoric names
cognate Helga
Oleg
derivedFrom Old Norse name Helga
etymologicalRoot Proto-Germanic *hailagaz
gender feminine
hasDiminutive Olenka
Olga self-linksurface differs
surface form: Olya

Olyusha
hasHistoricalUsage Kyivan Rus
surface form: Kievan Rus'

medieval Rus'
hasOrigin Russian language
Slavic languages
hasVariant Helga
Olha
Volha
Olga self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ólga
meaning blessed
holy
sacred
nameDayObservedIn Belarus
Russia
Ukraine
notableBearer Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
Olga of Kiev
surface form: Saint Olga of Kiev
script Cyrillic
scriptForm Olga self-linksurface differs
surface form: Ольга
transliterationSystem Russian-to-Latin transliteration
usedInCountry Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Germany
Poland
Russia
Scandinavia
surface form: Scandinavian countries

Serbia
Slovakia
Ukraine

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Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olga Nikolaevna of Russia alsoKnownAs Olga
this entity surface form: Olga Romanova
Olga Peters givenName Olga
Olga Korbut popularized women’s artistic gymnastics worldwide givenName Olga
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut givenName Olga
Olga of Kiev givenName Olga
The Castle hasCharacter Olga
Olga Rudge givenName Olga
Olga hasVariant Olga self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ólga
Olga hasDiminutive Olga self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Olya
Olga scriptForm Olga self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Ольга
Olga San Juan givenName Olga
The Sparrow from Minsk givenName Olga
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
The Northman character Olga
this entity surface form: Olga of the Birch Forest
Helga relatedToName Olga
Helga hasCognate Olga
this entity surface form: Olga (via Old East Slavic adaptation)
Church of the Tithes burialPlaceOf Olga
this entity surface form: Princess Olga (reburial)
Olga Ulyanova givenName Olga