Etymology

Oleg

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Today it means: A male given name from the Slavic languages. Full definition →

Russian Оле́г ← Old Norse Helgi
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromHelgi“holy, sacred or blessed”
  2. Russian · borrowed fromОле́г
  3. English todayOleg

Borrowed from Russian Оле́г (Olég), a Varangian name, ultimately from Old Norse Helgi (“holy, sacred or blessed”). Cognate to modern Scandinavian Helge.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.