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Olle
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Usage
Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Danish
Sami
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Origin and Meaning
Pet form of names beginning with Ol-, especially Ólafr and its variants and Oliver [1] [2] [3] [4]
Related Names
| Oll | ♂ |   |
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| Olle | ♂ |   |
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| Olli | ♂ |  |
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| Ollie | ♂ |  |
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| Ollu | ♂ | |
|
| Ollukka | ♂ | |
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| Olukka | ♂ | |
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| Wolle | ♂ |
| |
| Vulle | ♂ |  |
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For female forms see Olla
Patronyms [What's That?]
Male
| Ollesen |
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| Olleson |
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| Ollessen |
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| Ollesson |
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| Ollessøn |
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| Olleßøn (17th century) |
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| Ollesøn |
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Female
| Ollesdatter |
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| Ollesdotter |
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Combinations
For combinations see OL (name element)
Grammar
| - Danish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olle |
| Genitive: | Olles |
| - Finnish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olle |
| Genitive: | Ollen |
| Partitive: | Ollea |
| - Norwegian |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olle |
| Genitive: | Olles |
| - Swedish |
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|---|---|
| Nominative: | Olle |
| Genitive: | Olles |
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
- Nils Olof "Olle" Hellbom (8 October 1925 – 5 June 1982), Swedish film director, producer and screenwriter
- Gustaf Edvin Olof "Olle" Adolphson (2 May 1934 – 10 March 2004), Swedish writer, singer and songwriter
- Lars Olof "Olle" Gustaf Ljungström (12 August 1961 – 4 May 2016), Swedish singer, songwriter and musician
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& | |
| Sweden[6] |
|
2 | 8 | 12918 | 20847 |
| Norway[7] |
|
0 | n.a. | 81 | n.a. |
| Denmark[8] |
 |
0 | n.a. | 22 | n.a. |
| Finland[9] |
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0 | 0 | n.a. | 520 |
| #: 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: [10]
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Olle (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.
Source: [5]
References
- ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables