Olesya
[oʊˈlɛs.jə]Meaning
Ukrainian diminutive of Oleksandra
Background Story
Olesya is a Ukrainian diminutive of Oleksandra, from the Russian and Ukrainian form Олеся. It was the name of an 1898 novel by the Russian author Aleksandr Kuprin. The variants Lesya and Sasha are also recorded, and the name is used in Belarusian and Bulgarian as well as Ukrainian.
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