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Olav
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Usage
Old Swedish
Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic
Faroese
Greenlandic
Origin and Meaning
Old Swedish and Norwegian younger form of Ólafr [1] [2] [3]
Related Names
See Ólafr
Patronyms (male)
| Olavinpoika |
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| Olavsen |
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| Olavson |
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| Olavssen |
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| Olavsson |
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| Olavssøn |
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| Olavsøn |
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Patronyms (female)
| Olavdatter |
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| Olavdotter |
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| Olavintytär |
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| Olavsdatter |
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| Olavsdotter |
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| Olavsdóttir |
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Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olav |
| Genitive: | Olavs |
| - Faroese |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olav |
| Accusative: | Olav |
| Dative: | Olavi |
| Genitive: | Olavs |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olav |
| Genitive: | Olavin |
| Partitive: | Olavia |
| - Icelandic |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olav |
| Accusative: | Olav |
| Dative: | Olav / Olavi |
| Genitive: | Olavs |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olav |
| Genitive: | Olavs |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olav |
| Genitive: | Olavs |
Name Days
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29 July |
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29 July |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
- Olav V (Alexander Edward Christian Frederik; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991), King of Norway from 1957 until his death
Statistics
Name Count per Country
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Norway[6] |
  |
0 | n.a. | 14931 | n.a. |
| Denmark[7] |
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0 | n.a. | 751 | n.a. |
| Sweden[8] |
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0 | 2 | 343 | 2119 |
| Iceland[9] |
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0 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Finland[10] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. | 1095 |
| #: 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. |
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Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: Top List Ranking
Sources: [11]
Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables