Ola m

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Male Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Ola f for the female version of this name.

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

Norwegian and Swedish dialectal short form of Olaf and its variants (see Ólafr) [1] [2]

Related Names

     
Ohla Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Ola Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Óla Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Olá Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Oola Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ovla Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Ovlá Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Ovllá Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Uula Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Uvllá Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Vuolát Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Vuollá Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami

See also Oliv

Combinations

For combinations see OL (name element)

Name Days

Norway Norway

29 July

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

29 July

Sweden Sweden

19 April

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1538 [2]

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Skåne, Västergötland [2]

Namesakes

Ola Hansson (12 November 1860 - 26 September 1925), Swedish poet, prose writer, and critic

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f3.pngStatimg m5.png 56 69 9740 20686
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 4 11 6747 9230
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m3.png 24 n.a. 66 n.a
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f2.pngStatimg m3.png n.a. 11 n.a 600
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][5][4][6]:Name statistics for Ola(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[4]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Ola(m)


Sources: [3] [5] [4] [6]

References

  1. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi