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Also Moldovan. You'll find numerous bearers on social media.
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Also Estonian: https://www.stat.ee/nimed/Oleg
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Oleg is a nice Slavic name. It’s not pronounced Oh LEG but more like Uh lekh.
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In Belarusian - Aleh (Алег). [noted -ed]
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Oleg is also used in the country of Georgia, which is due to centuries of Russian influence. [noted -ed]
In Georgian, Oleg is written as: ოლეგ.
Sources used:
- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=526 (in Georgian)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130130184814/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=view&id=740&from=action=search|by=%E1%83%9D (in Georgian)
- http://www.geogen.ge/ge/msearch/4317/ (in Georgian; see the entry for Oleg near the top)
- Oleg Basilashvili (b. 1934): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Basilashvili (in English)
- Oleg Mamasakhlisi (b. 1995): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Mamasakhlisi (in English)
- Oleg Zurabiani (b. 1957): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Zurabiani (in English)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Oleg&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://ge.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Oleg/+/ge-0-Georgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Georgia)
- You can also find plenty of Georgian bearers on Facebook! The best way to find them is to search per city, preferably the most populous ones of Georgia: Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Gori and Zugdidi.
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In Georgian, Oleg is written as: ოლეგ.
Sources used:
- http://kids.ge/baby-name?id=526 (in Georgian)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130130184814/http://name.interes.ge/dreams.php?action=view&id=740&from=action=search|by=%E1%83%9D (in Georgian)
- http://www.geogen.ge/ge/msearch/4317/ (in Georgian; see the entry for Oleg near the top)
- Oleg Basilashvili (b. 1934): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Basilashvili (in English)
- Oleg Mamasakhlisi (b. 1995): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Mamasakhlisi (in English)
- Oleg Zurabiani (b. 1957): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Zurabiani (in English)
- (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Oleg&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://ge.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Oleg/+/ge-0-Georgi%C3%AB (lists only bearers living in Georgia)
- You can also find plenty of Georgian bearers on Facebook! The best way to find them is to search per city, preferably the most populous ones of Georgia: Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Gori and Zugdidi.
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Oleg Navalny is Alexei Navalny's brother. He is also an entrepreneur.
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This name might seem ugly when you see it written, but I fell in love with it and its Russian pronunciation: ah- LYEK. It's just so sweet!
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Also Czech: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_(jm%C3%A9no)
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PLEASE CORRECT: It's not only Russians, but also a Ukrainian, and Belorusian name. Maybe even in other slavic countries. It's correctly "O-LEGH". NOT "Ah-lek".
Also it means -- SAINT.
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Also it means -- SAINT.
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Oleg Yuriyovych Vernyayev is a Ukrainian artistic gymnast. He is the 2016 Olympic parallel bars champion and individual all-around silver medalist. Vernyayev is also the 2015 European individual all-around champion and the 2014 World parallel bars champion.
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Reminds me of the name Olaf and Ole.
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Oleg Aleksandrovich Shatov known as Oleg Shatov is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg.
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Mine was pronounced "ah-LYEK".
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Not sure if game characters count as famous bearers, but what about Oleg Kirrlov from Saints Row the Third?
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Oleg Cassini (1913-2006) was a fashion designer.
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Very nice name. Short and easy to spell, yet unique and certainly not overused.
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If it's pronounced OH-leg, it's very ugly.
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I know someone named Oleg. Except they pronounce it phonetically, as in OH-leg. I think it's disgusting.
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