It's used in Russia, the Ukraine, etc in the form Олеся. :)
There are a number of well-known people the name, including gymnast Olesya (or Olessia, depending on translation) Dudnik, and the singer Olesya Rulin etc. They're the two that come to mind but of course there are many ordinary people with the name on the usual social networking sites.
I am liking the idea of it being used by people of various backgrounds in the tranlation Olessia.
This message was edited 4/4/2011, 9:33 PM