Olaf

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Óláfr.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊl.əf/, /ˈəʊl.æf/, /ˈəʊl.ɑːf/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊl.əf/, /ˈoʊl.æf/, /ˈoʊl.ɑːf/

Proper noun

Olaf

1. A male given name.
   • 1998 Garrison Keillor, Wobegon Boy, Faber and Faber, ISBN 057119351X, page 71:

     And then all hundred and one of us trooped across the grass and onto the platform and got our diplomas from Mr. Halvorson, the superintendent of schools, and he said my name into the microphone―Tollefson, John Olaf―and there is was, the terrible secret of my middle name, revealed, and I slunk back to my seat and people whispered, 'Hey, Ole.'

Usage notes

• Best known for an eleventh century king and patron saint of Norway. Rarely used as a given name of English-speakers.

Translations

male given name

• Catalan: Olau
• Danish: Olaf, Olav
• Dutch: Olaf (nl)
• Estonian: Olev
• Faroese: Ólavur m
• Finnish: Olavi (fi)
• German: Olaf (de)
• Icelandic: Ólafur (is)
• Italian: Olao (it)
• Latin: Olaus

• Latvian: Olafs m
• Northern Sami: Ovllá
• Norwegian: Olav (no)
• Old Norse: Óláfr m
• Polish: Olaf (pl)
• Portuguese: Olavo
• Russian: Олаф (Olaf)
• Skolt Sami: Åʹll, Åållaž
• Spanish: Olavo
• Swedish: Olof (sv)

See also

• Oliver
• Humphrey

Anagrams

• AFOL, foal, loaf

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Óláfr, from Proto-Norse *Anulaibaʀ (*Anulaibaʀ).

Proper noun

Olaf

1. A male given name of Old Norse origin.

Related terms

• Olav, Ole, Oluf

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German

Proper noun

Olaf

1. A male given name of Old Norse origin.

Related terms

• Ole

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Olaf

1. A male given name, a less common variant of Olav.