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Female Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Olov m for the male version.
Usage
Norwegian
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Origin and Meaning
Younger form of Ólǫf [1] [2]
Related Names
See Ólǫf
Grammar
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Olov
|
Genitive: |
Olovs
|
Further Information
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[3] |
|
2871 |
33571 |
0 |
2 |
2871 |
33569 |
Finland[4] |
|
n.a. |
316 |
n.a. |
1 |
n.a. |
315 |
Denmark[5] |
|
3 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
3 |
n.a. |
Norway[6] |
|
37 |
n.a. |
10 |
n.a. |
27 |
n.a. |
Greenland[7] |
|
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. |
Statistics as male name
Recent statistics trend[3][5][6][4]:
Sources: [3] [5] [6] [4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/