Olesia (
Ukrainian and
Russian
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*A citizen of Russia
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: Олеся), may also be spelt Olessia or Olesya, is a feminine given name.
Olesia is a Slavonic name that derives from a word "lyess" (Ukrainian "ліс", Russian "лес" - forest) and means "a girl from the forest", "a girl living in the forest". A different version of the origin of the name states that Olesia is a variant of the name Alexandra, and thus acquires the meaning of "protector". The names
Alesya and
Lesya can be considered variants of Olesia.
Notable people with the name include:
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Olesya Aliyeva (b. 1977), Russian alpine skier
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Olesya Babushkina (b. 1989), Belarusian gymnast
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Olesya Bakunova (b. 1980), Belarusian sprint canoer
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Olesya Barel (b. 1960), Russian basketball player
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Olesya Belugina (b. 1984), Russian gymnast
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Olesya Chumakova (b. 1981), Russian middle-distance runner
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Olesya Dudnik (b. 1974), Ukrainian gymnast and coach
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Olesya Forsheva (b. 1979), Russian athlete
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Olesya Hudyma (b. 1980), Ukrainian artist, poet and journalist
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Olesya Kurochkina (b. 1983), Russian football player
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Olesya Mashina (b. 1987), Russian footballer
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Olesya Nazarenko (born 1976), amateur wrestler, judoka and sambo player from Turkmenistan
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Olesya Nurgalieva (b. 1976), Russian ultramarathon runner
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Olesya Povh (b. 1987), Ukrainian sprinter
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Olesya Rostovskaya (b. 1975), Russian composer,
theremin
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player,
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Olesya Rulin
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(b. 1986), Russian-American actress
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Olesya Stefanko (b. 1988), Ukrainian beauty pageant winner
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Olesya Syreva
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(b. 1983), Russian athlete
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Olesya Velichko (b. 1981), Russian modern pentathlete
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Olesya Vladykina
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Vladykina competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. She won gold in the 100m Breaststroke, setting a n ...
(b. 1988), Russian Paralympic swimmer
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Olesya Truntaeva (b. 1980), Russian footballer
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Olesya Zabara (b. 1982), Russian triple jumper
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Olesya Zamula
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(b. 1984), Azerbaijani wrestler
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Olesya Zykina (b. 1980), Russian athlete
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