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Глеб
“god's heir”
Глеб (Hljeb) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Russian and Belarusian.
Belarusian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Gleb.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Глеб goes back to Old Norse Guðleifr, meaning “god's heir.”
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Where it comes from
Глеб comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Old Norse.
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How it developed
From Old East Slavic Гълѣбъ, from Old Norse Guðleifr (“god's heir”).
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Глеб’s family of names
In Russian usage, Глеб has a conventional equivalent in the German form Gleb. In Russian usage, Глеб can be written in the Roman alphabet as Gleb. In Belarusian usage, Глеб has a transliteration in Gleb.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Глеб has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Глеб
- Gleb UspenskyRussian writer (1843-1902)
- Gleb PanfilovSoviet and Russian film director and film screenwriter (1934–2023)
- Gleb PavlovskyRussian political scientist (1951–2023)
- Gleb KrzhizhanovskySoviet economist (1872-1959)
- Gleb GalperinRussian diverborn 1985
- Gleb of KievPrince of Kursk1125–1171
- Gleb WataghinItalian physicist (1899–1986)
- Gleb RetivykhRussian cross-country skierborn 1991
- Gleb VseslavichRussian prince1070–1119
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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