Olga - Meaning of Olga

What does Olga mean?

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Olga

[ 2 syll. ol-ga, olg-a ] The baby girl name Olga is pronounced as AOL-Gaa in German and Polish or OWL-Gaa in Russian †. Olga is mainly used in Armenian, English, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Slavic, and it is of Old Norse origin. Olga is a variant form of the English, German, and Scandinavian name Helga.

See also the related categories, armenian, english, slavic, portuguese, polish, hungarian, and russian.

Olga is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1916, 0.155% of baby girls were named Olga. It ranked at #126 then. The baby name has since experienced a marked decline in frequency, and is today of irregular use. Within all girl names in its group, Olga was nevertheless the most widely used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Olga include Olesja, Oluse, Aalish, Aaltje, Ajla, Alaxis, Alcee, Alcie, Aleks, Ales, Alex, Alexes, Alice, Alique, Alis, Alishay, Alisse, Alisz, Alix, and Aliz.

† Pronunciation for Olga: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"

A famous person named Olga is Actress Edna Purviance, born Olga Edna Purviance, October 21, 1895 - 11 January 1958, Paradise Valley, Nevada.