Given name · Ukrainian
Олекса
Олекса (Oléksa) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian.
UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Oleksandra.
Meaning & origin
Олекса’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Олекса shares a linguistic root with the English form Alexius. In Ukrainian usage, Олекса has a transliteration in OLEKSA. In Ukrainian usage, Олекса can be written in the Roman alphabet as Oléksa.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 24
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Alexequivalent
- Alexisequivalent
- Alessioequivalent
- Alexeiequivalent
- Alejoequivalent
- Oleksandrequivalent
- Alekseiequivalent
- Alexeyequivalent
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People named Олекса
- Oleksa DovbushUkrainian outlaw1700–1745
- Oleksa NovakivskyiUkrainian painter (1872-1935)
- Oleksa StorozhenkoUkrainian writer (1805–1874)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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