The Name Oleg
Oleg is a male name of Scandinavian origin meaning “holy”. Below are the forms of the name, name days in the Orthodox calendar, character by tradition, numerology, the first letter, talismans and compatibility with other names.
Origin and meaning
Oleg is a male name of Scandinavian origin. Meaning: “holy”. From the Old Norse Helgi, “holy, sacred”.
Forms of the name
| Full form | Oleg |
| Short forms | Olezhka |
| Affectionate forms | Olezhek, Olezhenka |
Name days (angel’s day)
| October 3 | Holy Prince Oleg of Bryansk |
A name day is the feast of the saint after whom a person was baptised. If several saints share the name, custom is to celebrate the first feast after the birthday. Shown here are the main feasts in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, with civil (Gregorian) dates.
Character by tradition
Oleg, by tradition, is a reserved, sensible and persistent man. He values order, knows how to keep himself in check and rarely opens his heart. He can be stubborn and withdrawn. His strength is reliability and self-control.
Name numerology
Letters of the name Oleg («Олег») in the Russian 1–9 table: О 7 + Л 4 + Е 6 + Г 4 = 21 → 3. The sum is reduced to one digit; the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are kept.
Name number 3: communication and creativity. Three is the number of expression: words, creativity, optimism, ease in company. Such a name needs an audience and a field to shine; the weak spot is scattering energy.
Vowels give the soul number 4 (order and work), consonants the personality number 8 (power and achievement). Inner motive: order and work; outer manner: power and achievement. Such a gap is not bad in itself: others see one side, close people know the other.
In Slavic Cyrillic numerals (using the modern spelling of the name): О=70 + Л=30 + Е=5 + Г=3 = 108, reduced to 9. Letters that had no numeric value are skipped. This is an additional digit, not a second name number: meanings for the Cyrillic numerals were added in the 20th century, modeled on Western numerology.
More: name number with surname, Slavic Cyrillic numerals, number meanings.
First letter and letters of the name
In letter reading — a popular tradition of interpreting letters — the first letter of the name matters most: it sets the main tone of character. The other letters add shades.
О — depth of feeling. Strong emotions, intuition, a knack for handling money; a wish to understand one’s purpose in life.
Other letters: Л — sense of beauty; Е — self-expression; Г — thirst for knowledge.
Talismans of the name
Name books usually derive talismans from the name number and its planet; lists differ between authors. Here we follow Cheiro (“Book of Numbers”): number 3 is linked with Jupiter.
| Planet | Jupiter |
| Stones | amethyst |
| Colours | violet, purple, lilac |
| Favourable days | Thursday |
Compatibility with other names
In numerology, compatibility of names is judged by their numbers. Number 3 goes most easily with 1 and 5, and has more friction with 4 and 7.
Goes well with: Alla, Vera, Viktoriya, Inna, Marina, Miroslava, Nadezhda, Oksana, Sofiya, Tamara.
More friction with: Vasilisa, Evdokiya, Matrena, Raisa, Yuliya, Yana.
Check a couple precisely: compatibility by name.
Outcome
The name Oleg carries the meaning “holy”. Name number 3 — communication and creativity; first letter O — depth of feeling. Inner wishes (order and work) and outer manner (power and achievement) differ: a person with this name needs close people to see more than what is shown. Name days: October 3.