as a First Name
(Russian) From Old Norse Helgi ‘prosperous’. This was the name of a Scandinavian leader (d. 912) who established the city of Kiev; since he was not a Christian, the name has never been sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church.
| 2,517th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,264
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New York
- has the most people named Oleg per capita
- 1996
- marked the height of its popularity
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