# Olga

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈoʊlɡə/ · frequency rank #19,404

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian.
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga).

## Etymology
Borrowed in the 19th century from Old East Slavic О́льга (Ólĭga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”). Doublet of Helga.

## Easily confused with
- **OMG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-omg)
- **org** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-org)
- **ova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-ova)
- **ora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-ora)
- **ONG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-ong)
- **Ota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-ota)
- **opa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-opa)
- **Ona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-ona)
- **Oma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-oma)
- **orgy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-orgy)
- **OSHA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-osha)
- **oppa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-oppa)
- **orca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-orca)
- **organ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-organ)
- **omega** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/olga-vs-omega)
- **OG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/og-vs-olga)
- **OA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oa-vs-olga)
- **old** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/old-vs-olga)
- **ole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ole-vs-olga)
- **oda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oda-vs-olga)

## Common misspellings (5)
`loga`, `ogla`, `olag`, `olgga`, `ollga`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/olga