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Олесь
Олесь (Olésʹ) is a masculine given name. It is used in Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Olesʹ.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Russian usage, Олесь is a diminutive of Александр.
Олесь’s family of names
In Russian usage, Олесь is a diminutive of Александр. In Ukrainian usage, Олесь has a transliteration in Olesʹ. In Ukrainian usage, Олесь can be written in the Roman alphabet as Olésʹ.
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 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Олесь
- Oles HoncharUkrainian writer (1918-1995)
- Oles BuzinaUkrainian journalist (1969-2015)
- Oles SaninUkrainian film director, producer and screenwriterborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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