"Olga" meaning in English

See Olga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈoʊlɡə/, /ˈɒlɡə/
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|О́льга}} Russian О́льга (Ólʹga), {{der|en|non|heilagr||holy; inviolable, sacred}} Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”), {{doublet|en|Helga}} Doublet of Helga Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Olga
  1. A female given name from Russian. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): Օլգա (Ōlga) (Armenian), Во́льга (Vólʹha) [animate, feminine] (Belarusian), Olga [feminine] (Catalan), Olga [common-gender] (Danish), Olga (Faroese), Oili (Finnish), Olga [feminine] (Galician), ოლგა (olga) (Georgian), Olga [feminine] (German), Όλγα (Ólga) [feminine] (Greek), אולגה (ólga) [feminine] (Hebrew), Oljga (Ingrian), Olga [feminine] (Italian), Olga [feminine] (Latin), Olga [feminine] (Latvian), ओल्गा (olgā) [feminine] (Marathi), Olga [feminine] (Norwegian), Olga [feminine] (Polish), Olga [feminine] (Portuguese), О́льга (Ólʹga) [animate, feminine] (Russian), Олга [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Olga [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Ååʹlga (Skolt Sami), Oľga [feminine] (Slovak), Olga [feminine] (Spanish), Olga [common-gender] (Swedish), О́льга (Ólʹha) [animate, feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga). Categories (topical): English renderings of Russian female given names
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Oleg
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          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɒlɡə/"
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          "text": "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.",
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      "roman": "Ōlga",
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      "word": "Օլգա"
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      "word": "ოლგა"
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      "word": "ओल्गा"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Ólʹha",
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      "word": "О́льга"
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}

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