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What does Olga mean?
Olga 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced OL-gah. It is of Old Norse and Scandinavian origin, and the meaning of Olga is "blessed, holy; successful". The Russian form of Helga. Popular in the Russian imperial family. The Russian Saint Olga was a princess from Kiev and a 10th-century Christian convert. Gymnast Olga Korbut.
STARTS WITH Ol-
ASSOCIATED WITH scandinavian, norse, blessed, russian, saint, princess
Variations
VARIANTS Elga, Helga, Ola▼, Olenka, Olia
RELATED FORMS VIA HELGA Hege, Hella
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Olga Zaniya (O.Z.), ..
How popular is Olga?
Olga is a very prominent first name for females (#277 out of 4276, Top 6%) and a slightly less prominent surname for both adults and children (#118954 out of 150436, Top 79%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Olga reached its highest rank of #138 in the U.S. in the 1910s, but is not found in the list at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Olga are Helga and Ola. Other forms, like Hege, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of Olga was at its highest during 1890-1899 (ADOPTION OF 0.26%), but now, versions like Olga have fallen out of fashion.
Similar Names
Olga▼ is pronounced similarly to Ealga and Ellga. Other recommended sound-alike names are Erga, Inga▼, Oba, Oda, Ofra, Oleda, Olena, Oleta▼, Olexa, Olida, Olina, Olisa, Oliva, Olla, Olva, Oma▼, Omega, Ooma, Oona, Ora▼, Oria, Orla, Orna, Orpa, Orra, Orsa, Orya, Osma, Oula, Ozma, Vaga and Vega. These names tend to be less frequently used than Olga.
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