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Олег
“holy”
Олег (Olég) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Bulgarian and Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Oleg.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Олег goes back to Old East Slavic Ольгъ, meaning “holy.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Олег comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Old Norse.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Олег developed from Helgi.
Олег’s family of names
In Russian usage, Олег has a diminutive in Оле́жек. In Russian usage, Олег developed from the Old Norse form Helgi. In Russian usage, Олег has a conventional equivalent in the French form Oleg.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Олег has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Олег comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
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 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Helgiroot · Old Norse
- Olegarioequivalent
- HelgeGerman
- Olehequivalent
- Alehequivalent
- Oļegsequivalent
- Helgoequivalent
- Оле́гhas masculine form
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People named Олег
- Oleg BlokhinUkrainian footballer, coach, and politicianborn 1952
- Oleg the Wiseprince of Kiev845–912
- Oleh ProtasovUkrainian association football playerborn 1964
- Oleh SentsovUkrainian filmmaker and activist (born 1976)
- Oleg PashininUzbekistani footballer (born 1974)
- Oleg SalenkoRussian-Ukrainian footballer (born 1969)
- Oleg AntonovSoviet aeroplane designer (1906-1984)
- Oleg YankovskySoviet and Russian actor (1944-2009)
- Oleh HusievUkrainian footballerborn 1983
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