Given name · Belarusian
Алег
Алег (Aljéh) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Belarusian.
BelarusianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Oleg.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Алег comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Belarusian usage, Алег developed from Helgi.
Алег’s family of names
In Belarusian usage, Алег developed from the Old Norse form Helgi. In Belarusian usage, Алег has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Oleg. In Belarusian usage, Алег has a related form in ALEH.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Алег has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Алег comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Алег
- Aleh ByabeninBelarusian journalist (1974-2010)
- Aleh ButkiewiczBelarusian catholic bishopborn 1972
- Aleh VeratsilaBelarusian footballerborn 1988
- Aleh YureniaBelarusian canoeistborn 1990
- Oleg YevenkoBelarusian ice hockey defencemanborn 1991
- Aleh TrusaŭBelarusian historianborn 1954
- Aleh AkhremBelarusian volleyball playerborn 1983
- Aleh HulakBelarusian jurist and human rights activist1967–2022
- Aleh AstrashapkinBelarusian handball playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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