Olea

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Female Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Female form of Ole (see Óli) (see also -a)

Related Names

Olea

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See also Lea, Óla, Olia, Olla

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Olea
Genitive:	Oleas

- Faroese
Nominative:	Olea
Accusative:	Oleu
Dative:	Oleu
Genitive:	Oleu

- Finnish
Nominative:	Olea
Genitive:	Olean
Partitive:	Oleaa

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Olea
Genitive:	Oleas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Olea
Genitive:	Oleas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Norway: 18th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway:
  • 18th century -1920
  • early 19th century
  • 2000-
• Sweden:
  • 1865-1939

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Hedmark (esp. Solør: Grue and Hof)
• Sweden:
  • Västsverige
  • Dalarna
  • Nordsverige

Namesakes

• Olea Crøger (17 July 1801 – 21 November 1855), Norwegian collector of folk music and folklore

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 40 people were named Olea (percentage of first or only given name: 30 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		15	58	15	58	0	0
Denmark		4	n.a.	4	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	4	n.a.	4	0	0
Iceland		1	1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		467	n.a.	467	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: 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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