# Gleb

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**Gleb** (Russian: Глеб) is a Russian male given name derived from the [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) name *Guðleifr*, which means 'heir of god', from *guð* ('god') and *leifr* ('heir').[1] It is popular in [Russia](/source/Russia) due to an early [martyr](/source/Martyr), [Saint Gleb](/source/Saint_Gleb), who is [venerated](/source/Veneration) by [Eastern Orthodox](/source/Eastern_Orthodox) churches. The [Ukrainian](/source/Ukrainian_language) equivalent is *[Hlib](/source/Hlib)*.

Notable people with the name include:

## People

- [Gleb of Kiev](/source/Gleb_of_Kiev) (died 1171), grand prince of Kiev
- [Gleb Axelrod](/source/Gleb_Axelrod) (1923–2003), Russian pianist
- [Gleb Baklanov](/source/Gleb_Baklanov) (1910–1976), Russian general
- [Gleb Boglayevskiy](/source/Gleb_Boglayevskiy) (born 1986), Russian football player
- [Gleb Botkin](/source/Gleb_Botkin) (1900–1969), Russian-born American memoirist and illustrator
- [Gleb Brussenskiy](/source/Gleb_Brussenskiy) (born 2000), Kazakh cyclist
- [Gleb W. Derujinsky](/source/Gleb_W._Derujinsky) (1888–1975), Russian-American sculptor
- [Gleb Galperin](/source/Gleb_Galperin) (born 1985), Russian diver
- [Gleb Ilyin](/source/Gleb_Ilyin) (1889–1968), Russian-American painter
- [Gleb Kotelnikov](/source/Gleb_Kotelnikov) (1872–1944), Russian inventor
- [Gleb Krotkov](/source/Gleb_Krotkov) (1901–1968), Canadian scientist
- [Gleb Krzhizhanovsky](/source/Gleb_Krzhizhanovsky) (1872–1959), Russian economist
- [Gleb Lapitsky](/source/Gleb_Lapitsky) (born 1988), Belarusian politician
- [Gleb Lozino-Lozinskiy](/source/Gleb_Lozino-Lozinskiy) (1909–2001), Russian engineer
- [Gleb Lutfullin](/source/Gleb_Lutfullin) (born 2004), Russian figure skater
- [Gleb Vladimirovich Nosovsky](/source/Gleb_Vladimirovich_Nosovsky) (born 1958), Russian mathematician
- [Gleb Panfilov](/source/Gleb_Panfilov) (1934–2023), Russian film director
- [Gleb Panfyorov](/source/Gleb_Panfyorov) (born 1970), Russian football player
- [Gleb Pavlovsky](/source/Gleb_Pavlovsky) (1951–2023), Russian political scientist
- [Gleb Pisarevskiy](/source/Gleb_Pisarevskiy) (born 1976), Russian weightlifter
- [Gleb Sakharov](/source/Gleb_Sakharov) (born 1988), French tennis player
- [Gleb Savchenko](/source/Gleb_Savchenko) (born 1984), Russian dancer
- [Gleb Savinov](/source/Gleb_Savinov) (1915–2000), Russian painter
- [Gleb Shishmaryov](/source/Gleb_Shishmaryov) (1781–1835), Russian admiral
- [Gleb Shulpyakov](/source/Gleb_Shulpyakov) (born 1971), Russian writer
- [Gleb Strizhenov](/source/Gleb_Strizhenov) (1925–1985), Soviet-Russian actor
- [Gleb Struve](/source/Gleb_Struve) (1898–1985), Russian poet and literary historian
- [Gleb Svyatoslavich](/source/Gleb_Svyatoslavich) (died 1078), prince of Tmutarakan
- [Gleb Svyatoslavich (Prince of Chernigov)](/source/Gleb_Svyatoslavich_(Prince_of_Chernigov)) (1168–1215), prince of Chernigov
- [Gleb Syritsa](/source/Gleb_Syritsa) (born 2000), Russian cyclist
- [Gleb Uspensky](/source/Gleb_Uspensky) (1843–1902), Russian writer
- [Gleb Veremyev](/source/Gleb_Veremyev) (born 2003), American ice hockey player
- [Gleb Wataghin](/source/Gleb_Wataghin) (1899–1986), Italian scientist
- [Gleb Yakunin](/source/Gleb_Yakunin) (1934–2014), Russian priest and dissident

## Fictional characters

- Gleb Nerzhin, leading character, mathematician, prisoner, and Solzhenitsyn's alter ego in *[In the First Circle](/source/In_the_First_Circle)*; 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](/source/Star_Wars_Battlefront_II_(2017_video_game))*
- Gleb Vaganov, main antagonist in 2017 musical *[Anastasia](/source/Anastasia_(musical))*
- Gleb Zheglov, main character in 1979 Soviet mini-series *[The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed](/source/The_Meeting_Place_Cannot_Be_Changed)*

## References

1. Hanks, P.; Hodges, F.; Hardcastle, K. (2006). [*A Dictionary of First Names*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bv9QEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT10). The Oxford Reference Collection. OUP Oxford. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-19-157854-0.

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