Olaf m

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

Usage

Old Danish
Old Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

Old Danish, Old Swedish and modern form of Ólafr ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Related Names

See Ólafr

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Olaf
Accusative:	Olaf
Dative:	Olafi
Genitive:	Olafs

Further Information

Namesakes

Olaf Haraldsson, king of Norway (995 - 1030)

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Norway[4]		0	0	1407	2547
Denmark[5]		0	n.a.	762	n.a
Sweden[6]		0	0	189	536
Finland[7]		n.a.	2	n.a	138
#: 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^[6][5][4][7]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[6] [5] [4] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
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. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi