Meaning & History
Old East Slavic form of Olga.
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesVolha(Belarusian) Olga(Bulgarian) Olga(Czech) Olga(Danish) Olga(Estonian) Oili, Olga(Finnish) Olga(German) Olga(Greek) Olga(Hungarian) Olga(Icelandic) Olga(Italian) Olga(Latvian) Olgica(Macedonian) Olga(Norwegian) Olga(Polish) Olga(Portuguese) Olga(Romanian) Olga, Olya(Russian) Olga, Olgica, Olja(Serbian) Oľga(Slovak) Olga(Slovene) Olga(Spanish) Olga(Swedish) Olga, Olha(Ukrainian)
Sources & References
- Vasmer, Max. Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language, entry О́льга, available from https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?basename=\data\ie\vasmer.
- Medieval icon art at https://www.icon-art.info/masterpiece.php?lng=ru&mst_id=1362.
