Olesya (given name)
Olesya, also spelt Olessia or Olesia, is a feminine given name.
It is a Slavonic name that derives from a word "lyess" and means "a girl from the forest", "a girl living in the forest". A different version of the origin of the name states that Olesya is a variant of the name Alexandra, and thus acquires the meaning of "protector". The names Alesya and Lesya can be considered variants.
Notable people with the name include:
- Olesya Aliyeva, Russian alpine skier
- Olesya Babushkina, Belarusian gymnast
- Olesya Bakunova, Belarusian sprint canoer
- Olesya Barel, Russian basketball player
- Olesya Belugina, Russian gymnast
- Olesya Chumakova, Russian middle-distance runner
- Olesya Dudnik, Ukrainian gymnast and coach
- Olesya Forsheva, Russian athlete
- Olesya Hudyma, Ukrainian artist, poet and journalist
- Olesya Kurochkina, Russian football player
- Olesya Mashina, Russian footballer
- Olesya Nazarenko, amateur wrestler, judoka and sambo player from Turkmenistan
- Olesya Nurgalieva, Russian ultramarathon runner
- Olesya Povh, Ukrainian sprinter
- Olesya Rostovskaya, Russian composer, theremin player, carillonneur, organist, Russian zvon bell-ringer
- Olesya Rulin, Russian-American actress
- Olesya Vadimovna Sokur, Ukrainian biologist, biochemist
- Olesya Stefanko, Ukrainian beauty pageant winner
- Olesya Syreva, Russian athlete
- Olesya Velichko, Russian modern pentathlete
- Olesya Vladykina, Russian Paralympic swimmer
- Olesya Truntaeva, Russian footballer
- Olesya Zabara, Russian triple jumper
- Olesya Zamula, Azerbaijani wrestler
- Olesya Zykina, Russian athlete