Given name · Ukrainian
Гліб
“god's heir”
Гліб (Hlib) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Glìb.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Гліб goes back to Old Norse Guðleifr, meaning “god's heir.”
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Where it comes from
Гліб 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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Гліб’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Гліб has a transliteration in Glìb. In Ukrainian usage, Гліб can be written in the Roman alphabet as HLIB. In Ukrainian usage, Гліб has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Глеб.
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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 Гліб
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