Meanings
- A male given name from Old Norse.
1 more example
And then all hundred and one of us trooped across the grass and onto the platform and got our diplomas from Mr. Halvorson, the superintendent of schools, and he said my name into the microphone―Tollefson, John Olaf―and there is was, the terrible secret of my middle name, revealed, and I slunk back to my seat and people whispered, 'Hey, Ole.'
1998, Garrison Keillor, Wobegon Boy, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 71
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
- Proto-Germanic*anô
- Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
- Proto-Germanic*lībaną
- Proto-Germanic*laibō
- Proto-Germanic*Anulaibaz
- Proto-Norse*ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ)
- Old NorseÓláfr
- EnglishOlaf
Derived from Old Norse Óláfr.
More words from Old Norse
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan Olau
- Olaumale given name
Chinese Mandarin 奧拉夫 /奥拉夫
- 奧拉夫 /奥拉夫 (Àolāfū)male given name
Danish Olaf, Olav
- Olafmale given name
- Olavmale given name
Dutch Olaf
- Olafmale given name
Estonian Olev
- Olevmale given name
Finnish Olavi
- Olavimale given name
German Olaf
- Olafmale given name
Icelandic Ólafur
- Ólafurmale given name
Irish Amhlaoibh
- Amhlaoibhmale given name
Italian Olao
- Olaomale given name
Latin Olaus
- Olausmale given name
Latvian Olafs
- Olafsmale given name
Lithuanian Olafas
- Olafasmale given name
Norwegian Olav
- Olavmale given name
Polish Olaf
- Olafmale given name
Portuguese Olavo
- Olavomale given name
Russian Олаф
- Олафmale given name
Scottish Gaelic Amhladh, Amhlaidh
- Amhladhmale given name
- Amhlaidhmale given name
- Amhlaighmale given name
- Amhlaibhmale given name
Spanish Olavo
- Olavomale given name
Swedish Olof
- Olofmale given name
Vietnamese Ô-láp
- Ô-lápmale given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Olaf. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olaf
“Olaf.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olaf. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Olaf,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Olaf.
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