Oleg
Gender Male
Meaning holy
Origin Old Norse
Related names Olga, Helge
Popularity Popular names page
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Oleg (Russian and Ukrainian: Олег, Belarusian: Алег) is a Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian given name. It may be transliterated as "Oleh" from Ukrainian and "Aleh" or "Aleg" from Belarusian. It derives from the Scandinavian Helge (holy, sacred or blessed). The feminine equivalent is Olga.

The Latin name Olegarius derived from Teutonic Oldegar.

People named Oleg

• Oleg of Bryansk, 13th century prince of Bryansk and Chernigov, declared a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church
• Oleg of Novgorod, 9th–10th century leader and conqueror of Kievan Rus'
• Oleg of Ryazan, 14th century prince of Ryazan Principality
• Oleg Buryan (born 1959), Russian artist
• Oleg Cassini (1913–2006), American fashion designer
• Oleg Deripaska (born 1968), Russian business oligarch
• Oleg Gordievsky (born 1938), KGB agent who defected to the UK
• Oleg Grabar (born 1929), archeologist and historian of Islamic art
• Oleg A. Korolev (born 1968), Russian artist
• Oleg Penkovsky (1919–1963), Soviet colonel
• Oleg Prudius (born 1972), Ukrainian professional wrestler known by his ring nameVladimir Kozlov
• Oleg Rykhlevich (born 1974), Belarusian freestyle swimmer
• Oleg Shteynikov (born 1985), Kazakhstani freestyle swimmer
• Oleg Velyky (1977–2010), German handball player
• Oleg I of Chernigov, Oleg Svyatoslavich of Tmutarakan, 11th–12th century Rurikid prince
• Oleg III Svyatoslavich (Prince of Chernigov) (c. 1147–1204)
• Oleg of Drelinia, ruler of Drelinia
• Oleg Minukhin, System Architect at Vivaki

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