Gleb ( Russian and be, Глеб) or Hlib ( uk, Гліб) is a Slavic male given name derived from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlement ...

name ''Guðleifr'', which means "heir of god." According to another version, the name Gleb comes from the name

Olaf Olaf or Olav (, , or British ; Old Norse: ''Áleifr'', ''Ólafr'', ''Óleifr'', ''Anleifr'') is a Scandinavian and German given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as ''*Anu-laibaz'', from ''anu'' "ancestor, grand-father" ...

. It is popular in Russia due to an early martyr, Saint Gleb, who is venerated by

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canonical ...

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Behind the Name It is also commonly used in Ukraine. Notable people with the name include:

People

* Gleb of Kiev (died 1171), Rus’ prince * Gleb Axelrod (1923–2003), Russian pianist * Gleb Baklanov (1910–1976), Russian general * Gleb Boglayevskiy (born 1986), Russian football player * Gleb W. Derujinsky (1888–1975), Russian-American sculptor * Gleb Galperin (born 1985), Russian diver * Gleb Ilyin (1889–1968), Russian-American painter * Gleb Kotelnikov (1872–1944), Russian inventor * Gleb Krotkov (1901–1968), Canadian scientist *

Gleb Krzhizhanovsky Gleb Maximilianovich Krzhizhanovsky (russian: Глеб Максимилианович Кржижановский; 24 January 1872 – 31 March 1959) was a Soviet scientist, statesman, revolutionary, Old Bolshevik, and state figure as well as a geo ...

(1872–1959), Russian economist *

Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy Gleb Evgeniyevich Lozino-Lozinskiy (russian: Глеб Евгеньевич Лозино-Лозинский), (Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine), December 25, 1909 – Moscow, November 28, 2001) was a Russian and UkrainianВіталій Аб ...

(1909–2001), Russian engineer * Gleb Vladimirovich Nosovsky (born 1958), Russian mathematician *

Gleb Panfilov Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov (russian: Глеб Анатольевич Панфилов, link=no; born 21 May 1934 in Magnitogorsk) is an internationally acclaimed Russian film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wif ...

(born 1934), Russian film director * Gleb Panfyorov (born 1970), Russian football player * Gleb Pavlovsky (born 1951), Russian political scientist * Gleb Pisarevskiy (born 1976), Russian weightlifter * Gleb Sakharov (born 1988), French tennis player * Gleb Savchenko (born 1984), Russian dancer * Gleb Savinov (1915–2000), Russian painter * Gleb Shishmaryov (1781–1835), Russian admiral * Gleb Shulpyakov (born 1971), Russian writer * Gleb Strizhenov (1923–1985), Russian actor * Gleb Struve (1898–1985), Russian poet and literary historian * Gleb Svyatoslavich (Prince of Chernigov) (1168–1215), Rus' prince * Gleb Uspensky (1843–1902), Russian writer * Gleb Wataghin (1899–1986), Italian scientist * Gleb Yakunin (1934–2014), Russian priest and dissident * Gleb Veselov (born 1991), Slovak rapper born in Pjatigorsk, Russia

Fictional characters

*Gleb Nerzhin, leading character, mathematician, prisoner, and Solzhenitsyn's alter ego in ''

In the First Circle ''In the First Circle'' (russian: link=no, italics=yes, В круге первом, V kruge pervom; also published as ''The First Circle'') is a novel by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, released in 1968. A more complete version of the boo ...

''; Solzhenitsyn also uses Nerzhin in some of his writings about his experiences in World War II *Gleb, a female character in the 2017 video game '' Star Wars Battlefront II'' *Gleb Vaganov, main antagonist in 2017 musical ''

Anastasia (musical) ''Anastasia'' is a musical play with music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and a book by Terrence McNally. Based on the 1997 animated film of the same name, the musical adapts the legend of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Ru ...

'' *Gleb Zhiglov, main character in 1979 Soviet mini-series ''

The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed ''The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'' (russian: link=no, Место встречи изменить нельзя, translit. ''Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya'') is a 1979 Soviet five-part television miniseries directed by Stanislav Govor ...

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People

Fictional characters

See also

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