Oleg

Oleg

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Meaning	holy
Other names
Related names	Olga, Helge

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 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 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 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 Penkovsky (1919–1963), Soviet colonel
• Oleg Pogudin (born 1968), Russian actor and singer
• 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 Tverdovsky (born 1976), is a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey defenceman
• 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