Olof

See also: Ólöf

English

Proper noun

Olof

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of Wolof.

Anagrams

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish Olāver, Olēf, from Old Norse Óláfr, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1400. Cognate with Norwegian Olav and English Olaf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²uːlɔf/, /ˈuːlɔf/
  • IPA(key): (traditional pronunciation) /²uːlɔv/, /ˈuːlɔv/
  • Audio:(file)

Interjection

Olof

  1. The letter "O" in the Swedish spelling alphabet

Proper noun

Olof c (genitive Olofs)

  1. a male given name

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 118 267 males with the given name Olof (compared to 37 232 named Olov) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, without a clear frequency peak. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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