Oleg
| Oleg | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old Norse |
| Meaning | Holy |
| Region of origin | Eastern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Olga, Helge |
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Oleg (Russian: Олег), Oleh (Ukrainian: Олег), or Aleh (Belarusian: Алег) is a Slavic given name. It derives from the Old Norse Helgi (Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed". The feminine equivalent is Olga.
People named Oleg
- Oleg of Novgorod, 9th–10th-century leader and conqueror of Kievan Rus'
- Oleg of Bryansk, 13th-century prince of Bryansk and Chernigov, declared a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church
- Oleg I of Ryazan, 14th-century prince of Ryazan Principality
- Prince Oleg Konstantinovich of Russia, Russian Royalty
- Oleg Aleynik (born 1989), Russian professional football player
- Oleg Andronic (born 1989), Moldovan footballer
- Oleg Anofriyev (born 1930), Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter, film director, poet
- Oleg Antonenko (born 1971), Belarusian professional ice hockey left wing
- Oleg Antonov (1906–1984), Soviet aircraft designer, founder of Antonov ASTC
- Oleg Atkov (born 1949), Russian cosmonaut
- Oleg Babenkov (born 1985), Russian professional football player
- Oleg Baklanov (born 1932), Soviet politician, scientist and businessman
- Oleg Basilashvili (born 1934), Soviet/Russian film and theatre actor
- Oleg Belyakov (born 1972), goalkeeper
- Oleg Berdos (born 1987), Moldovan road bicycle racer
- Oleg Berezin (born 1987), Russian professional football player
- Oleg Bernov, musician and member of Russian-American rock band Red Elvises
- Oleg Betin (born 1950), the governor of Tambov Oblast in Russia
- Oleg Blokhin (born 1952), Ukrainian football coach
- Oleg Bodrug (born 1965), Moldovan politician
- Oleg Bogayev (born 1970), Russian playwright based in Yekaterinburg
- Oleg Bogomolov, governor of Kurgan Oblast
- Oleg Bolkhovets (born 1976), Russian long-distance runner
- Oleg Borisov (1929–1994), Russian film and theatre actor
- Oleg Bozhev (born 1961), former speed skater
- Oleg Brega (born 1973), Moldovan journalist and activist
- Oleg Bryjak (1960–2015), Kazakhstani operatic bass-baritone
- Oleg Budargin (born 1960), governor of Taymyr Autonomous Okrug in Russia
- Oleg Buryan (born 1959), Russian artist
- Oleg Bykov (born 1987), Russian professional football player
- Oleg Caetani (born 1956), conductor of Russian and Italian descent
- Oleg Cassini (1913–2006), French-born American fashion designer
- Oleg Chepchugov (born 1989), Russian professional football player
- Oleg Chernyshov (born 1986), Russian professional football player
- Oleg Chirkunov (born 1958), governor of Perm Krai, Russia
- Oleg Chistyakov (born 1976), Russian professional football player
- Oleg Cretul (born 1975), Moldovan judoka
- Oleg Dahl (1941–1981), Soviet actor
- Oleg Delov (born 1963), Russian professional football coach and a former player
- Oleg Denishchik (born 1969), retired triple jumper who represented the USSR and later Belarus
- Oleg Deripaska (born 1968), Russian business oligarch
- Oleg Dineyev (born 1987), Russian footballer
- Oleg Dmitrenko (born 1984), aussian professional football player
- Oleg Dmitriyev (born 1973), retired Russian professional footballer
- Oleg Dolmatov (born 1948), former Russian footballer and a current manager
- Oleg Dudarin (born 1945), Russian professional football coach and a former player
- Oleg Dyomin (born 1947), former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Russian Federation
- Oleg Gordievsky (born 1938), KGB agent who defected to the UK
- Oleg Grabar (born 1929), archeologist and historian of Islamic art
- Oleg Ishutkin (born 1975), Russian race walker
- Oleg D. Jefimenko (1922–2009), physicist and Professor Emeritus at West Virginia University
- Oleg A. Korolev (born 1968), Russian artist
- Oleg Kuznetsov (serial killer) (born 1969), Russian serial killer
- Oleg Moldovan (born 1966), Moldovan sport shooter
- Oleg Nejlik, a Swedish singer
- Oleg Nikolaenko, Russian computer programer, accused cyber-spammer
- Oleg Novachuk, Kazakh businessman, currently Chief Executive of Kazakhmys
- Oleg Penkovsky (1919–1963), Soviet colonel
- Oleg Pogudin (born 1968), Russian actor and singer
- Oleg Prokofiev (born 1928), artist, and son of Sergei Prokofiev
- Oleg Prudius (born 1972), Ukrainian professional wrestler known by his ring name Vladimir Kozlov
- Oleg Rykhlevich (born 1974), Belarusian freestyle swimmer
- Oleg Shteynikov (born 1985), Kazakhstani freestyle swimmer
- Oleg Tverdovsky (born 1976), is a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
- Oleg Velyky (1977–2010), German handball player
- Oleg Verniaiev (born 1993), Ukrainian gymnast
- Oleg Vishnepolsky (born 1957), prominent computer scientist and executive
- 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
Other uses
- Oleg, a cruiser of the Imperial Russian and Soviet navies