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Boy · Old Norse
Oleg
Say it: ah-LYEK
Meaning
From Old Norse Helgi, from heilagr 'holy'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Borne by the 9th-century Varangian prince of Kiev and revived in the 19th-20th centuries.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 412 babies given this name since 1959
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 68,700 boys
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Олег
| Ukrainian | Oleh |
|---|---|
| Old Norse | Helgi |
Famous bearers
- Oleg of Novgorod, prince of Rus
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Where this comes from
- Medieval Slavic chronicles and charters
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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