Olaf

English

Etymology

From Old Norse Óláfr.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England)

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

Proper noun

Olaf

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1998 Garrison Keillor, Wobegon Boy, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, 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 11th-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)
• Irish: Amhlaoibh

  Old Irish: Amlaíb

• Italian: Olao (it)
• Latin: Olaus

• Latvian: Olafs m
• Lithuanian: Olafas m
• Northern Sami: Ovllá
• Norwegian: Olav (no)
• Old Norse: Óláfr m
• Polish: Olaf (pl)
• Portuguese: Olavo
• Russian: Олаф (ru) (Olaf)
• Scottish Gaelic: Amhladh, Amhlaidh, Amhlaigh, Amhlaibh
• 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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Olaf

1. A male given name from Old Norse

Related terms

• Ole

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Olaf

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.laf/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔlaf
• Syllabification: O‧laf

Proper noun

Olaf m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Olaf.

Declension

Declension of Olaf

	singular	plural
nominative	Olaf	Olafowie
genitive	Olafa	Olafów
dative	Olafowi	Olafom
accusative	Olafa	Olafów
instrumental	Olafem	Olafami
locative	Olafie	Olafach
vocative	Olafie	Olafowie

Further reading

• Olaf in Polish dictionaries at PWN