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Olof
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Ólöf
English
Proper noun
en archaic en Wolof.
Anagrams
en floo Fool floo fool loof
Swedish
sv:
Alternative forms
sv Olov
Etymology
sv :inh gmq-osw:Olāver<ety:der<non:Óláfr>>
From sv gmq-osw Olāver, gmq-osw Olēf, from sv non Óláfr, from sv gmq-pro *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1400. Cognate with Norwegian Olav and English Olaf.
Pronunciation
sv /²uːlɔf/ /ˈuːlɔf/
sv /²uːlɔv/ /ˈuːlɔv/ traditional pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Olof.wav
Interjection
sv interjection
The letter "O" in the Swedish spelling alphabet
Proper noun
c
sv male
Related terms
(male given names) sv Ola, sv Olaf, sv Olle
(surnames) sv Olofsson, sv Olovsson, sv Olsson
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 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.