Gender:
Origin:
Norse
568 famous people named Olaf found on Wikipedia.
2480 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
10372-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
393-th in year 1885
Used in: Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Polish
Olaf or Olav (British Ōleifr, Anleifr ; Old Norse: Áleifr, Ólafr) is a Scandinavian, German and Dutch given name. It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as *Anu-laibaz, from anu "ancestor, grand-father" and laibaz "heirloom, descendant". Old English forms are attested as Ǣlāf, Anlāf. The corresponding Old Novgorod dialect form is Uleb.
In Norwegian, Olav and Olaf are historically equally common, but Olav is traditionally used when referring to Norwegian royalty of that name. The Swedish form is Olov or Olof. The name was borrowed from Old Irish and Scots spelled Amlaíb and Amhlaoibh, giving rise to modern version Aulay (see also Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs). The name is Latinized as Olaus.
Masc. proper name, from Old Norse An-leifr, literally "ancestor's relic;" first element related to Old High German ano "ancestor;" second element related to Old English læfan "to leave" (from PIE root *leip- "to stick, adhere").
Ancestor, ancestral heritage.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Count Olaf | ||
2 | Olaf II of Norway | 0995 | King of Norway |
3 | Olaf Henning | 1968 | German songwriter |
4 | Olaf I of Norway | 0963 | King of Norway |
5 | Olaf Stapledon | 1886 | British novelist and philosopher |
6 | Olaf Malolepski | 1946 | German singer |
7 | Olaf Kölzig | 1970 | German ice hockey player |
8 | Olaf Berger | 1963 | German television presenter |
9 | Olaf Pooley | 1914 | British actor |
10 | Olaf III of Norway | 1050 | King of Norway |
11 | Olaf II of Denmark | 1370 | King of Denmark and Norway |
12 | Olaf Thon | 1966 | German footballer |
13 | Olaf Deriglasoff | 1963 | |
14 | Olaf I of Denmark | 1050 | King of Denmark |
15 | Olaf the White | Viking sea-king | |
16 | Olaf Sundermeyer | 1973 | German journalist |
17 | Olaf Wieghorst | 1899 | Painter of the American West |
18 | Erwin Olaf | 1959 | Dutch photographer |
19 | Olaf the Black | 1173 | Sea-king of the Isle of Man and parts of the Hebrides |
20 | Olaf Lies | 1967 | German politician |
21 | Olaf Latzel | 1967 | German pastor |
22 | Olaf III Guthfrithson | King of Dublin | |
23 | Olaf Reichmann | 1964 | German voice actor |
24 | Olaf Tufte | 1976 | Norwegian rower |
25 | Olaf Hayer | German musician | |
26 | Olaf Böhme | 1953 | German actor |
27 | Olaf Schmid | 1979 | British soldier |
28 | Olaf Ludwig | 1960 | German racing cyclist |
29 | Olaf Krätke | 1959 | German actor |
30 | Olaf Manthey | 1955 | Racing driver, founder of Manthey Racing |
31 | Olaf Swantee | 1966 | |
32 | Olaf Rye | 1791 | Norwegian-Danish general |
33 | Olaf Kracht | 1963 | German television presenter |
34 | Olaf Scheel | 1875 | Norwegian physician |
35 | Olaf Alfonso | Mixed martial artist and writer | |
36 | Olaf Ittenbach | 1969 | German film director |
37 | Olaf Magnusson of Norway | 1099 | King of Norway |
38 | Olaf Lubaszenko | 1968 | Polish actor, film director and screenwriter |
39 | Olaf Rausch | 1960 | German actor |
40 | Olaf Hytten | 1888 | Scottish actor |
41 | Olaf Metzel | 1952 | German sculptor |
42 | Olaf Thommessen | 1966 | Norwegian businessman and politician |
43 | Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf | Norwegian petty king | |
44 | Olaf Hajek | 1965 | German artist |
45 | Olaf Geirstad-Alf | Petty king of Eastern Vestfold | |
46 | Olaf Breuning | 1970 | Swiss artist |
47 | Olaf Caroe | 1892 | British colonial administrator |
48 | Olaf Burmeister | 1960 | German actor |
49 | Olaf Frederick Nelson | 1883 | Samoan chief |
50 | Olaf Olsen | 1976 | Drummer of BigBang |
51 | Olaf M. Hustvedt | 1886 | American admiral |
52 | Olaf Janßen | 1966 | German footballer |
53 | Olaf Wijnants | 1948 | Dutch actor |
54 | Olaf the Peacock | 0938 | Icelandic chieftain |
55 | Olaf Bär | 1957 | German opera singer |
56 | Olaf Bull | 1883 | Norwegian poet |
57 | Olaf Bodden | 1968 | German footballer |
58 | Olaf Gulbransson | 1873 | Norwegian artist |
59 | Olaf M. Norlie | 1876 | Bible translator |
60 | Olaf Nicolai | 1962 | German artist and graphic designer |
61 | Olaf Henriksen | 1888 | Baseball player |
62 | Olaf Sporns | 1963 | German neuroscientist |
63 | Olaf Zimmermann | 1961 | German opinion journalist |
64 | Olaf Thörsen | 1971 | Italian musician |
65 | Olaf Däter | 1969 | |
66 | Olaf Tschimpke | 1955 | German geographer |
67 | Pierre Olaf | 1928 | French actor |
68 | Olaf Tyaransen | 1971 | Irish writer |
69 | Olaf Helmer | 1910 | German logician |
70 | Olaf J. de Landell | 1911 | Dutch writer (1911-1989) |
71 | Olaf Bunke | 1935 | German mathematician |
72 | Olaf Swenson | 1883 | Musher |
73 | Olaf Cunitz | 1968 | German politician |
74 | Olaf Kappelt | 1953 | German social worker and opinion journalist |
75 | Olaf T. Lindvig | 1917 | |
76 | Olaf Heine | 1968 | German director and photographer |
77 | Olaf B. Rader | 1961 | German politician and medievalist |
78 | Olaf Beyer | 1957 | German middle distance runner |
79 | Olaf Heredia | 1957 | Mexican footballer |
80 | Olaf Malmberg | 1966 | Dutch actor |
81 | Olaf Kullmann | 1892 | Norwegian naval officer and peace activist |
82 | Olaf Kopvillem | 1926 | Estonian singer |
83 | Olaf Breidbach | 1957 | German author |
84 | Olaf Holzapfel | 1969 | German photographer |
85 | Olaf Maninger | 1964 | German cellist |
86 | Olaf Tauras | 1967 | German politician |
87 | Olaf Möller | 1962 | German politician |
88 | Olaf Stuger | 1969 | Dutch businessman and politician |
89 | Olaf Rieck | 1964 | German veterinarian |
90 | Olaf Fink | 1914 | |
91 | Olaf Ihlau | 1942 | German journalist |
92 | Olaf Rauschenbach | 1970 | Actor |
93 | Olaf Karthaus | 1963 | German chemist |
94 | Olaf Hoffsbakken | 1908 | Norwegian Nordic skier |
95 | Olaf Dinné | 1935 | German architect |
96 | Olaf Pedersen | 1920 | Danish historian |
97 | Olaf Van Cleef | 1950 | French painter |
98 | Olaf Groehler | 1935 | German military historian |
99 | Olaf Götz | 1965 | German film director |
100 | Olaf Heinrich | 1979 | German politician |
101 | Olaf Fønss | 1882 | Danish actor |
102 | Olaf de Fleur | 1975 | Icelandic filmmaker |
103 | Olaf Lindenbergh | 1974 | Dutch footballer |
104 | Olaf Eller | 1960 | Danish ice hockey player and coach |
105 | Olaf Reitz | 1969 | German actor |
106 | Olaf Kraemer | 1959 | German writer, screenwriter and journalist |
107 | Olaf Opal | 2000 | |
108 | Olaf Kühl | 1955 | German translator |
109 | Olaf Fritsche | 1967 | German author |
110 | Olaf Schulze | 1967 | German politician and plumber |
111 | Olaf Przybilla | 1972 | German journalist |
112 | Olaf Raschke | 1963 | German politician |
113 | Olaf Lehne | 1962 | German politician |
114 | Olaf Storm | 1894 | Danish actor |
115 | Olaf Pollack | 1973 | German racing cyclist |
116 | Olaf Rude | 1886 | Danish artist |
117 | Olaf Hampel | 1965 | Bobsledder |
118 | Olaf Fjord | 1897 | Austrian actor |
119 | Olaf Dössel | 1954 | German physicist |
120 | Olaf Schubert | 1974 | German photographer |
121 | Olaf von Wrangel | 1928 | German journalist and politician |
122 | Olaf van Gonnissen | 1954 | German musician and editor |
123 | Olaf Feilan | 0870 | Icelandic gothi |
124 | Olaf Leitner | 1942 | German journalist and author |
125 | Olaf Polziehn | 1970 | German pianist and university teacher |
126 | Olaf Storaasli | 1943 | Computer scientist |
127 | Olaf Gericke | 1966 | German politician |
128 | Olaf Helset | 1892 | Norwegian general |
129 | Olaf van Boetzelaer | 1943 | Dutch lawyer, columnist, jurist, university professor, writer and politician |
130 | Olaf Isaachsen | 1835 | Norwegian painter |
131 | Olaf Dreyer | 1969 | German physicist |
132 | Olaf Kießling | 1967 | German politician |
133 | Olaf Heukrodt | 1962 | Canoe racer |
134 | Olaf Wildeboer | 1983 | Spanish swimmer |
135 | Olaf Baden | 1956 | German voice actor |
136 | Olaf Jacobs | 1972 | German television director |
137 | Olaf Martens | 1963 | German photographer |
138 | Olaf Lange | 1972 | |
139 | Olaf Sabatschus | 1971 | |
140 | Olaf Bossi | 1971 | |
141 | Olaf Holtedahl | 1885 | Norwegian geologist |
142 | Olaf Kier | Danish businessman | |
143 | Olaf Rose | 1958 | German historian and politician |
144 | Olaf von Ramm | 1943 | Canadian medical engineering researcher |
145 | Olaf Kühne | 1973 | German sociologist |
146 | Olaf Büttner | 1956 | German writer |
147 | Olaf Hambro | 1885 | |
148 | Olaf Schimpf | 1968 | |
149 | Olaf Schwencke | 1936 | German politician |
150 | Olaf Joachim | 1965 | German politician |
151 | Olaf Hovdenak | 1891 | Norwegian distance runner |
152 | Olaf Fermann | 1892 | Norwegian diplomat |
153 | Olaf Hansen | 1906 | Norwegian boxer |
154 | Olaf Kübler | 1944 | German physicist |
155 | Olaf Prenzler | 1958 | German sprinter |
156 | Olaf Rahardt | 1965 | German painter |
157 | Olaf Leu | 1936 | German graphic designer |
158 | Olaf Drümmer | 2000 | German author |
159 | Olaf Zinke | 1966 | German speed skater |
160 | Olaf Saile | 1901 | German writer |
161 | Olaf Barda | 1909 | Norwegian chess player |
162 | Olaf (II) Haraldsen | Anti-king who ruled Scania | |
163 | Olaf Jentzsch | 1958 | German bicycle racer |
164 | Olaf Altmann | 1966 | German theatre director |
165 | Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen | 1897 | Sailor |
166 | Olaf Höhnen | 1933 | German sculptor |
167 | Olaf Bent Meik Amblank | 1970 | German entrepreneur |
168 | Olaf Nikolas Olsen | 1794 | Danish cartographer |
169 | Olaf Bienert | 1911 | German actor |
170 | Olaf Hense | 1967 | German hurdler |
171 | Olaf B. Paulson | 1940 | Danish neuroscientist |
172 | Olaf Mast | 1968 | German handball player |
173 | Olaf Devik | 1886 | Norwegian physicist and civil servant |
174 | Olaf Kortmann | 1955 | |
175 | Olaf Schmäler | 1969 | Former German footballer |
176 | Olaf Reidt | 1964 | German lawyer |
177 | Olaf Winter | 1973 | Olympic canoeist |
178 | Olaf Mörke | 1952 | German historian |
179 | Olaf Klose | 1903 | German librarian, historian and art historian |
180 | Olaf B. Bjørnstad | 1931 | Norwegian ski jumper |
181 | Olaf Frydenlund | 1862 | Sport shooter |
182 | Olaf Plotke | 1974 | German journalist |
183 | Olaf R. Spittel | 1953 | German author, translator and publisher |
184 | Olaf Kreutzenbeck | 1943 | German actor |
185 | Olaf Georg Klein | 1955 | German author |
186 | Olaf Otto Becker | 1959 | German photographer |
187 | Olaf Hund | ||
188 | Olaf Tveitmoe | 1865 | American labor leader |
189 | Olaf Sievert | 1933 | German economist |
190 | Olaf Marschall | 1973 | German association football player |
191 | Olaf Nordhagen | 1883 | Norwegian architect |
192 | Olaf Wegewitz | 1949 | German painter |
193 | Olaf Keil | 1934 | Samoan musician |
194 | Olaf Johannessen | 1890 | Sports shooter |
195 | Olaf Broch | 1867 | Norwegian linguist |
196 | Olaf Meister | 1971 | German politician and lawyer |
197 | Olaf Förster | 1962 | German rower |
198 | Olaph-Dante Marx | 1957 | German journalist |
199 | Olaf Ussing | 1907 | Danish actor |
200 | Olaf Skavlan | 1838 | Norwegian literary historian and playwright |