Olesia
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning defender of men; a form of alexandra.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Olesia by the numbers
Olesia was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Olesia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Olesyadefender of men; a form of Aleksandra6 in the US (2017)
- Oleviaolive tree; a variant form of Olivia5 in the US (2017)
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Odessaodyssey; wrathful97 in the US (2017)
- Ofeliahelp; benefit; a form of Ophelia79 in the US (2017)
- Olyviaolive tree; a respelling of Olivia71 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a protector
Like Olesia, each of these has a protector in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Parkerkeeper of the park; park ranger5,833 in the US (2017)
- Alexadefender of men; form of Alexandra3,888 in the US (2017)
- Alexisdefender, helper2,847 in the US (2017)
- Alexdefender, helper; short form of Alexander or Alexis2,766 in the US (2017)
- Alexandradefender of mankind2,592 in the US (2017)
- Alexandriadefender of mankind; a form of Alexander1,238 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Olesia
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