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My name is Olga, originally I'm from the former Republic of the USSR. This name was very popular in 80s like Yulia, Natalia, Yekaterina, Yelena and sm others. In 2010 it's not popular for baby girls in Russia at all.
In childhood being around 5 more Olgas I wanted a different name, but now when I moved to the USA I LOVE it. It's very international and easy to pronounce for all my friends in Europe and the USA , though they make letter "L" too storng - it should be "L'" like in spanish word "llamar".
I'm a smart and very happy woman. My life is filled with wonderful unexpected things and I enjoy being Olga. Despite the fact that the name may sound kinda masculine to Americans I'm very tender person and femminine, for Russians it sounds proud :)
My parents and friends call me: Olya, Olechka, Olushka {o-lue-shka}, Olchik, Lyala. Ol'ka is more like a nickname to me, but from sm people it sounds really nice.

Personal experiences with the name Olga: | Edit

Olga is a brand of lingerie.

Nicknames for Olga: | Edit

Olya, Olly, Olguita
Olen'ka, Olechka, Olushka, Lyala

Meanings and history of the name Olga: | Edit

From Old Norse, meaning "holy"

Famous real-life people named Olga: | Edit

St. Olga of Kiev, Russian empress
Queen Olga of Wuerttemberg, wife of Charles I
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, eldest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra, killed with her family in 1918
Queen Olga of Greece, wife of King George I
Olga Guillot, Cuban singer
Olga Breeskin, Mexican TV hostess
Olga Korbut, Romanian gymnast
Olga Kyrilenko, Ukrainian actress who played Bond's lover

Olga in song, story & screen: | Edit

Dame Olga, an antagonist in the book "Ella Enchanted"