Oleg

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Russian form of HELGE. The Varangians brought this name from Scandinavia to Russia. It was borne by an important 10th-century Grand Prince of Kiev.

HELGE   male   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German
From the Old Norse name Helgi, derived from heilagr meaning "holy, blessed".
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Helgi
DANISH: Helge
GERMAN: Helge
NORWEGIAN: Helge
SWEDISH: Helge
FEMININE FORMS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Helga
BULGARIAN: Olga
CZECH: Olga
DANISH: Hege, Helga, Hella, Helle, Laila, Olga
DUTCH: Helga
FINNISH: Aila, Aili, Helka, Laila, Oili
GERMAN: Helga, Hella, Olga
HUNGARIAN: Helga, Olga
ICELANDIC: Helga, Olga
ITALIAN: Olga
LATVIAN: Olga
MACEDONIAN: Olgica
NORWEGIAN: Hege, Helga, Hella, Laila, Olga
POLISH: Olga
PORTUGUESE: Olga
ROMANIAN: Olga
RUSSIAN: Olga, Olya
SAMI: Áile, Láilá
SERBIAN: Olga, Olgica, Olja
SLOVAK: Oľga
SLOVENE: Olga
SPANISH: Olga
SWEDISH: Helga, Hella, Laila, Olga
UKRAINIAN: Olga, Olha