Olaf

olaf OLAF English Etymology en :der non:Óláfr 1 + Pronunciation en /ˈəʊl.əf/ /ˈəʊl.æf/ /ˈəʊl.ɑːf/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Olaf.wav Southern England en /ˈoʊl.əf/ /ˈoʊl.æf/ /ˈoʊl.ɑːf/ US Proper noun en male Old Norse. en 1998 w:Garrison Keillor Wobegon Boy Faber and Faber 057119351X 71 And then all hundred and one of us trooped across the grass and onto the platform and got our diplomas from Mr. Halvorson, the superintendent of schools, and he said my name into the microphone―Tollefson, John Olaf―and there is was, the terrible secret of my middle name, revealed, and I slunk back to my seat and people whispered, 'Hey, Ole.' Usage notes Best known for Olaf II of Norway Olaf II (c. 995–29 July 1030), king and patron saint of Norway. Rarely used as a given name of English-speakers. Translations male given name Catalan: ca Olau Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧拉夫 Àolāfū Danish: da Olaf, da Olav Dutch: nl Olaf Estonian: et Olev Faroese: fo Ólavur m Finnish: fi Olavi German: de Olaf Icelandic: is Ólafur Irish: ga Amhlaoibh Middle Irish: mga Amlaíb Italian: it Olao Latin: la Olaus Latvian: lv Olafs m Lithuanian: lt Olafas m Manx: gv Aulee Marathi: mr ओलाफ m Norwegian: no Olav Old Norse: non Óláfr m Polish: pl Olaf Portuguese: pt Olavo Russian: ru Олаф Sami: Northern Sami: se Ovllá Skolt Sami: sms Åʹll, sms Åållaž Scottish Gaelic: gd Amhladh, gd Amhlaidh, gd Amhlaigh, gd Amhlaibh Spanish: es Olavo Swedish: sv Olof Vietnamese: vi Ô-láp See also en Oliver en Humphrey Anagrams en aflo AFOL foal loaf Danish Etymology da :der non:Óláfr da non Óláfr, from da gmq-pro *Anulaibaʀ. Proper noun da proper noun da male of da non - origin Related terms da Olav, da Ole, da Oluf German Pronunciation de /ˈoːlaf/ de De-Olaf.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m,s:-[with an article] de male Old Norse Related terms de Ole Norwegian Proper noun no proper noun no male less common Olav Old Swedish Alternative forms gmq-osw Olawær (Early Old Swedish), gmq-osw Olafuer Olavus Olaus Etymology gmq-osw :der non:Óláfr gmq-osw non Óláfr, from gmq-osw gmq-pro *Anulaibaʀ. Proper noun gmq-osw proper noun m gmq-osw male Olaf Declension Olaf Olaf Olafi, Olafe Olafs Polish pl: Etymology pl :der non:Óláfr + 1 Pronunciation Pl-Olaf.ogg Proper noun m-pr pl male Old Norse Olaf Declension <m.pr> Further reading