Oleg
Oleg is a male given name that is predominantly used in Russia and Ukraine and is based on the Germanic first name Helgi (German Helge or Helgo ). The name was adopted into East Slavic by the Warsaw ruling class of the Kievan Rus and was best known through Prince Oleg . Oleg (Олег, correctly emphasized on the second syllable: [ ʌˈlʲɛk ]) is Russian , while the Ukrainian form of the name is Oleh (Олег [ ɔˈlɛx ]) and the Belarusian Aleh (Алег [ ʌˈlʲɛx ]). The Latvian form of the name is Oļegs .
The similar-sounding Polish olek , on the other hand, does not belong here, but is either an independent name of Polish origin or a nickname for Aleksander .
The feminine form of the name is Olga .
Name bearer
Oleg
- Oleg , Prince of the Kievan Rus (r. 878 / 9–912 / 13)
- Oleg Antonov (1906–1984), Soviet designer
- Oleg Bryjak (1960–2015), German opera singer
- Oleg Deripaska (* 1968), Russian oligarch and billionaire
- Oleg Jankowski (1944–2009), Russian actor
- Oleg Yefremov (1927–2000), Russian actor and theater director
- Oleg Jurjew (1959–2018), Russian poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and translator
- Oleg Kagan (1946–1990), Russian violinist
- Oleg Kononenko (* 1964), Russian cosmonaut
- Oleg Kotow (* 1965), Russian cosmonaut
- Oleg Kutscherenko (* 1968), Soviet and German wrestler
- Oleg Lundstrem (1916–2005), Russian jazz musician
- Oleg Makarov (1933-2003), Soviet cosmonaut
- Oleg Ovsyannikov (* 1970), Russian figure skater
- Oleg Pervakov (* 1960), Russian chess player
- Oleg Popow (1930–2016), Russian clown and pantomime
- Oleg Protasov (* 1964), Soviet, then Ukrainian soccer player and current soccer coach
- Oleg Protopopov (* 1932), Soviet figure skater
- Oleg Romanzew (* 1954), Russian football coach
- Oleg Ryschenkow (* 1967), Belarusian biathlete
- Oleg Shenin (1937–2009), Russian politician
- Oleg Tabakow (1935–2018), Soviet or Russian actor and director
- Oleg Tverdowski (* 1976), Russian-Ukrainian ice hockey player
- Oleg Velyky (1977-2010), German handball player
- Oleg Wassiljew (* 1959), Soviet figure skater
Oleh
- Oleh Babajew (1965–2014), Ukrainian politician
- Oleh Bereschnyj (* 1984), Ukrainian biathlete
- Oleh Blochin (* 1952), Ukrainian football player and coach
- Oleh Hornykiewicz (1926-2020), Austrian pharmacologist
- Oleh Husjew (* 1983), Ukrainian football player
- Oleh Kalashnikov (1962–2015), Ukrainian politician
- Oleh Kuznetsov (* 1963), Soviet-Ukrainian football player and coach
- Oleh Kyrjuchin (* 1975), Ukrainian boxer
- Oleh Lissohor (* 1979), Ukrainian swimming athlete
- Oleh Lyaschko (* 1972), Ukrainian politician
- Oleh Luschnyj (* 1968), Ukrainian football coach and player
- Oleh Machnitskyj (* 1970), Ukrainian politician
- Oleh Malzew (* 1975), Ukrainian psychologist
- Oleh Olschytsch (1907–1944), Ukrainian poet, writer and prehistorian
- Oleh Opryschko (* 1986), Ukrainian racing cyclist
- Oleh Pantschuk (* 1932), Ukrainian chemist
- Oleh Platow (* 1983?), Ukrainian heavyweight boxer
- Oleh Romanischin (* 1952), Ukrainian chess player
- Oleh Rybatschuk (* 1958), Ukrainian politician
- Oleh Schafarenko (* 1981), Ukrainian ice hockey player
- Oleh Schelajew (* 1976), Ukrainian football player
- Oleh Sentsow (* 1976), Ukrainian film director
- Oleh Suk (* 1965), Ukrainian rock musician
- Oleh Suslow (* 1969), Ukrainian football player
- Oleh Tjahnybok (* 1968), Ukrainian politician
- Oleh Tschuschda (* 1985), Ukrainian racing cyclist
- Oleh Tverdochleb (1969–1995), Ukrainian athlete
- Oleh Tymchenko (* 1978), Ukrainian ice hockey player
- Oleh Zarjow (* 1970), Ukrainian politician
Aleh
- Aleh Antonenka (* 1971), Belarusian ice hockey player
- Aleh Bjabenin (1974–2010), Belarusian journalist
- Aleh Butkevich (* 1972), Bishop of Vitebsk
- Aleh Haroschka (* 1989), Belarusian ice hockey player
- Aleh Ljawonzjeu (* 1970), Belarusian-Russian ice hockey player
- Aleh Mikultschyk (* 1964), Belarusian ice hockey player
- Aleh Popel (* 1983), Belarusian football player
- Aleh Woltschak (* 1967), civil rights activist from Belarus
Other use
- Cruiser of the Tsarist Navy, see Oleg (ship, 1903)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cf. Max Vasmer, Russian etymological dictionary , s. v. Oleg ( Russian version on the Internet ).