Olaf



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

Meanings

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.

Famous People: 568 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
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