Given name · Belarusian
Вольга
Вольга (Vólʹha) is a feminine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Belarusian.
BelarusianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Olga.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Вольга comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Belarusian usage, Вольга developed from Helga.
Вольга’s family of names
In Belarusian usage, Вольга developed from the Old Norse form Helga. In Belarusian usage, Вольга has a conventional equivalent in the English form Olga. In Belarusian usage, Вольга has a conventional equivalent in the English form OLHA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Вольга has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Вольга
- Olga GovortsovaBelarusian female tennis playerborn 1988
- Volha KhudzenkaBelarusian canoeistborn 1992
- Volha MazuronakBelarusian female marathon runnerborn 1989
- Olga BarabanschikovaBelarusian tennis playerborn 1979
- Volha SudaravaBelarusian long jumperborn 1984
- Volha ZiuzkovaBelarusian basketball player (born 1983)
- Olga KardopoltsevaBelarusian racewalkerborn 1966
- Volha SitnikBelarusian activistborn 1983
- Volha SamusikBelarusian journalist (1985-2010)
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