Olga

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Female Female Name

Usage

Finland Finnish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin spelling of Ольга (Ol'ga), a Russian form of Helga [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

2) Female form of Ole (see Óli) [1]

Related Names

Olga
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Ola
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Olja
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Oljoi
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Olka
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Olkka
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Oloi
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Oloka
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Olokka
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Olokko
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Olu
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Oluska
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Finish

See also Oili, Olesja, Olgine, Olha, Ûtdlat

For male forms see Oleg, Olgar, Olge, Olger

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
UNN see Olgunn

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Olguson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Olgudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Olga
Genitive: Olgas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Olga
Accusative: Olgu
Dative: Olgu
Genitive: Olgu
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Olga
Genitive: Olgan
Partitive: Olgaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Olga
Accusative: Olgu
Dative: Olgu
Genitive: Olgu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Olga
Genitive: Olgas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Olga
Genitive: Olgas

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

30 March

Finland Finland

23 July

Norway Norway

30 March

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

23 July

Sweden Sweden

21 November

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 17,182 people were named Olga (percentage of first or only given name: 86 %) [11]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Finland Finland[13]
n.a.
23999
n.a.
23993
n.a.
6
Sweden Sweden[14]
3004 5215 3004 5215 0 0
Denmark Denmark[15]
1568
n.a.
1567
n.a.
1
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[16]
255 330
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[17]
17 70
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[18]
2497
n.a.
2497
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Olga (f) Sources: [14][15][18][13]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Olga (f) Sources: [19]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Olga (f)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Olga (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Olga (f)


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  7. 7.0 7.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  9. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  10. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  13. 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  14. 14.0 14.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  15. 15.0 15.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  16. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  17. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  18. 18.0 18.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  19. details see Name Statistic tables