Óláfr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Óleifr, Áleifr

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ /⁠Anulaibaz⁠/) (whence also variants Óleifr, Áleifr, Old English Ānlāf), from Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz, consisting of *anô (“ancestor”) and *laibō (“remainder”). The first part of the name is cognate to German Ahn (“ancestor”) and Latin anus (“old woman”).

Pronunciation

(9th century West Norse) IPA^(key): /ˈɒ̃ːlɑːβɹ̝/, [ˈɒ̃ː.lɑːβ̥ɹ̻̊˔]
(13th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈoːlɒːvr/

Proper noun

Óláfr m

a male given name

Descendants

Icelandic: Ólafur, Óli
Faroese: Ólavur, Óli
Norwegian: Olav, Ola, → Olaf
Old Swedish: Olawær (Early Old Swedish), Olaf
- Swedish: Olof, Olov, Olle
Danish: Olaf, Olav, Ole
→ English: Olaf
→ Estonian: Olev
→ Finnish: Olavi, Olli, Uolevi
→ Latin: Olaus
- → Faroese: Lávus
→ Old Irish: Amlaíb
- → Irish: Amhlaoibh
- → Scottish Gaelic: Amhlaidh, Amhlaigh
→ Polish: Olaf
→ Portuguese: Olavo
→ Skolt Sami: Åʹll, Åållaž
→ Spanish: Olavo

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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