Óláfr

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ /⁠Anulaibaz⁠/) (whence also variants Óleifr, Áleifr), from Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz (whence Old English Ānlāf), 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/,
  • (13th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈoːlɒːvr/

Proper noun

Óláfr m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

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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