Hallo Olga.

24 ¨î­ 03 18:51, Olga Zhegulo schrieb an Oleg Lobachev:

 OL>> Elga, Helga, it came with the vikings. =)

 OZ> I think you're wrong. Surely Russian Olga originates from Helga

Yip.

 OZ> but Danish Olga is from Russian.

Err... It came back transformed?

 OZ> In 20th century IMHO after the revolution and mass emigration or after
 OZ> WWII some Russian names become popular. There are rather many Mashas,
 OZ> Natashas and so on.

Here in Germany pretty much Tanyas [but rather spelled Tanja] and Sashas,
but the last is here just a man's name %) - and most of them are not
"russian" or "ex-USSRish" in any kind.

 OZ> Norvegian queen is Sonya. There is Canadian singer Natasha St-Pier.
 OZ> Exotic ;-)

Wasn't that - may be as exotic as it now is - but also before 1917?

Greetingz Oleg                  [Annual identity crisis]
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