Olof
See also: Ólöf
English
Proper noun
Olof
Anagrams
Swedish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old Norse Óláfr, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1400. Cognate with Norwegian Olav and English Olaf.
Proper noun
Olof c (genitive Olofs)
- a male given name.
Related terms
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 118 267 males with the given name Olof (compared to 37 232 named Olov) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, without a clear frequency peak. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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