Óláfr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *Anulaibaʀ (whence also variant Óleifr, Áleifr), consisting of *anu- (“ancestor”) and *-laibaʀ (“remainder”). The first part of the name is cognate to German Ahn (“ancestor”) and Latin anus (“old woman”).

Proper noun

Óláfr m

1. A male given name

Descendants

• Icelandic: Ólafur
• Estonian: Olev
• Faroese: Ólavur, Óli
• Finnish: Olavi
• Norwegian: Olav, Ola
• Danish: Ole
• Swedish: Olof, Olov
• English: Olaf (borrowed)
• Skolt Sami: Å´ll, Åållaž

References

• “Olaf” in: J. van der Schaar, “Woordenboek van voornamen”, 8. druk, Utrecht 1994, Prisma Woordenboeken, Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, ISBN 90-274-3469-7
• Olav; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, ISBN 82-991668-0-2
• “Óláfr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)