Óláfr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Anolaibaz (whence also variant Óleifr, Áleifr), consisting of *anô (“ancestor”) and *laibō (“remainder”). The first part of the name is related to Latin anus (“old woman”).

Pronunciation

(9th century West Norse) IPA^(key): /ˈõːlaːβʐ/
(12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈoːlɔːvr̩/

Proper noun

Óláfr m

A male given name

Descendants

Danish: Ole
English: Olaf (borrowed)
Estonian: Olev
Faroese: Ólavur, Óli

Finnish: Olavi
Icelandic: Ólafur
Latin: Olaus
- → Faroese: Lávus
Norwegian: Olav, Ola

Portuguese: Olavo
Skolt Sami: Åʹll, Åållaž
Spanish: Olavo
Swedish: Olof, Olov
Westrobothnian: Oll, Ol

References

“Olaf” in: J. van der Schaar, “Woordenboek van voornamen”, 8. druk, Utrecht 1994, Prisma Woordenboeken, Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, →ISBN
Olav; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN
“Óláfr” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)

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