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Given Name OLAF
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
Norwegian
,
Danish
,
German
,
Dutch
,
Polish
PRONOUNCED:
O-laf
(German)
, O-lahf
(Dutch)
, AW-laf
(Polish)
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Meaning & History
From the
Old Norse
name
Áleifr
meaning "ancestor's descendant", derived from the
elements
anu
"ancestor" and
leifr
"descendant". This was the name of five kings of Norway, including
Saint
Olaf (Olaf II).
Categories
A Series of Unfortunate Events characters
,
Animal Crossing characters
,
athletes
,
currently out of the US top 1000
,
Disney characters
,
Elder Scrolls characters
,
Frozen characters
,
kings
,
saints
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VARIANTS:
Olav
(Norwegian)
,
Olav
,
Oluf
(Danish)
DIMINUTIVES:
Ola
,
Ole
(Norwegian)
,
Ole
(Danish)
OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES:
Áleifr
(Ancient Scandinavian)
,
Olavi
,
Olev
(Estonian)
,
Ólavur
(Faroese)
,
Olavi
,
Uolevi
,
Olli
(Finnish)
,
Ólafur
(Icelandic)
,
Amhlaoibh
(Irish)
,
Olavo
(Portuguese)
,
Amhlaidh
,
Aulay
(Scottish)
,
Olof
,
Olov
,
Ola
,
Olle
(Swedish)
USER SUBMISSIONS:
Ólaf
,
Ølaf
See Popularity Detail
Popularity
United States
not
ranked
2016
Netherlands
259
2016
Norway
not
ranked
2015
Poland
60
2014