Olaf Forename
7,420th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 141,161 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands
Olaf Forename Definition:
A male name. Old Norse Anleifr, of which the first element is cognate with Old German ano ‘ancestor’, and the second means ‘relics’, ‘remains’. It was and still is a favourite name in all Scandinavian countries, on account of Olaf Trygvasson (956-1000), King of Norway, and St Olaf King of Norway, d.
Read More About This ForenameOlaf Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 110,588 | 1:874 | 205 |
| Poland | 100% | 7,822 | 1:4,862 | 304 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 7,450 | 1:2,269 | 448 |
| Norway | 100% | 3,558 | 1:1,442 | 290 |
| United States | 100% | 2,650 | 1:136,806 | 5,530 |
| Mexico | 98% | 1,470 | 1:84,452 | 2,372 |
| Denmark | - | 1,370 | 1:4,124 | 537 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 762 | 1:10,779 | 1,041 |
| Canada | 100% | 611 | 1:54,228 | 3,473 |
| Austria | 100% | 454 | 1:18,754 | 874 |
| England | 100% | 424 | 1:131,139 | 4,525 |
| South Africa | 99% | 396 | 1:137,709 | 9,999 |
| Belgium | 100% | 364 | 1:31,566 | 1,946 |
| Spain | 100% | 267 | 1:174,270 | 3,818 |
| Thailand | 100% | 244 | 1:287,155 | 16,501 |
| Sweden | 100% | 230 | 1:42,860 | 2,357 |
| Australia | - | 202 | 1:67,612 | 2,878 |
| Indonesia | - | 172 | 1:1,499,789 | 83,300 |
| Brazil | 100% | 168 | 1:1,275,215 | 30,996 |
| France | 100% | 158 | 1:420,698 | 4,949 |
| Estonia | 100% | 148 | 1:8,888 | 1,060 |
| Egypt | - | 130 | 1:706,930 | 15,746 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 93 | 1:112,164 | 5,632 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 82 | 1:900,337 | 27,216 |
| Chile | 100% | 70 | 1:251,532 | 4,138 |
| Italy | 87% | 69 | 1:884,958 | 7,964 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 61 | 1:805 | 178 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 59 | 1:511,896 | 13,629 |
| Russia | 100% | 56 | 1:2,575,602 | 15,893 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 52 | 1:1,015,160 | 19,883 |
| China | - | 49 | 1:27,878,689 | 60,877 |
| Ireland | 100% | 47 | 1:98,798 | 2,469 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 47 | 1:12,001 | 913 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| India | 100% | 45 | 1:26,997,288 | 574,915 |
| New Zealand | - | 44 | 1:103,092 | 4,303 |
| Cameroon | 72% | 40 | 1:540,263 | 17,115 |
| Japan | - | 35 | 1:3,656,744 | 24,749 |
| Guyana | 100% | 32 | 1:23,852 | 2,782 |
| Czechia | 82% | 31 | 1:343,747 | 2,102 |
| Latvia | - | 25 | 1:80,626 | 1,731 |
| Singapore | - | 24 | 1:261,961 | 9,116 |
| Finland | 100% | 23 | 1:238,399 | 3,800 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Philippines | 100% | 22 | 1:4,818,613 | 84,327 |
| Argentina | 100% | 19 | 1:2,251,223 | 8,037 |
| Peru | 100% | 19 | 1:1,673,234 | 18,385 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Colombia | - | 17 | 1:2,810,525 | 20,294 |
| Greenland | - | 17 | 1:3,316 | 507 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17 | 1:314,727 | 4,715 |
| Wales | 100% | 14 | 1:221,022 | 3,846 |
| Hungary | 100% | 13 | 1:753,213 | 2,518 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 13 | 1:2,342,303 | 65,302 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 13 | 1:550,153 | 19,206 |
| Belarus | 100% | 12 | 1:790,199 | 4,447 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 12 | 1:3,791,659 | 7,438 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:9,977 | 1,310 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 10 | 1:1,610,843 | 5,373 |
| Hong Kong | - | 10 | 1:775,272 | 5,181 |
| Iceland | 100% | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10 | 1:236,960 | 22,379 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Namibia | - | 9 | 1:267,131 | 5,329 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 8 | 1:1,927,977 | 54,057 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 6 | 1:79,273 | 1,016 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 4 | 1:9,464 | 618 |
| Malawi | - | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Nigeria | - | 1 | 1:177,564,360 | 489,087 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uganda | - | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
Olaf (1,003) may also be a surname.
Olaf Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old Norse Anleifr, of which the first element is cognate with Old German ano ‘ancestor’, and the second means ‘relics’, ‘remains’. It was and still is a favourite name in all Scandinavian countries, on account of Olaf Trygvasson (956-1000), King of Norway, and St Olaf King of Norway, d. 1030, who introduced Christianity into that country. It was used by the Danes in England, but does not seem to have survived the Norman Conquest.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Scandinavian name, meaning: The first Christian king of Sweden.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Olaf Forename Popularity
Olaf Demographics
Average Male Olaf Height
176.34 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 248 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olafs | 89 | 281 | / |
| Olaff | 89 | 247 | / |
| Ollaf | 89 | 165 | / |
| Golaf | 89 | 104 | / |
| Olafe | 89 | 61 | / |
| Holaf | 89 | 17 | / |
| Olaaf | 89 | 5 | / |
| Olafh | 89 | 3 | / |
| Olgaf | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oleaf | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oulaf | 89 | 2 | / |
| Oilaf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Olhaf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oliaf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Olafz | 89 | 1 | / |
| Olahf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Olaif | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ohlaf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Oelaf | 89 | 1 | / |
| Olaife | 80 | 249 | / |
| Goliaf | 80 | 14 | / |
| Holaff | 80 | 3 | / |
| Olaffe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Oulaft | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oulhaf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oullaf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ohleaf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olaffh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olafth | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olasff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olaïfe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Olaufs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ollaff | 80 | 1 | / |
| Elaf | 75 | 30,804 | / |
| Olav | 75 | 27,184 | / |
| Olof | 75 | 20,509 | / |
| Alaf | 75 | 4,565 | / |
| Olaw | 75 | 96 | / |
| Ulaf | 75 | 52 | / |
| Olab | 75 | 35 | / |
| Ülaf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Olôf | 75 | 1 | / |
| Goliaff | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hollauf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Olahafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hollafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Halaf | 67 | 1,888 | / |
| Elaaf | 67 | 1,818 | / |
| Gulaf | 67 | 789 | / |
| Allaf | 67 | 457 | / |
| Olaph | 67 | 394 | / |
| Olowa | 67 | 360 | / |
| Alafe | 67 | 266 | / |
| Galaf | 67 | 230 | / |
| Oelof | 67 | 204 | / |
| Alhaf | 67 | 203 | / |
| Oloff | 67 | 191 | / |
| Alaff | 67 | 161 | / |
| Aslaf | 67 | 71 | / |
| Atlaf | 67 | 55 | / |
| Oleif | 67 | 49 | / |
| Eliaf | 67 | 44 | / |
| Olova | 67 | 42 | / |
| Alatf | 67 | 35 | / |
| Aelaf | 67 | 22 | / |
| Golav | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ahlaf | 67 | 21 | / |
| Aliaf | 67 | 21 | / |
| Olofe | 67 | 17 | / |
| Eelaf | 67 | 17 | / |
| Olavs | 67 | 16 | / |
| Oliab | 67 | 14 | / |
| Holab | 67 | 13 | / |
| Elaff | 67 | 13 | / |
| Alaif | 67 | 10 | / |
| Aalaf | 67 | 10 | / |
| Algaf | 67 | 10 | / |
| Oilab | 67 | 10 | / |
| Helaf | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ollof | 67 | 10 | / |
| Alafh | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ulaft | 67 | 9 | / |
| Holaw | 67 | 7 | / |
| Alyaf | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ulafe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Alaaf | 67 | 6 | / |
| Alaft | 67 | 6 | / |
| Aleaf | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ellaf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oleab | 67 | 4 | / |
| Olgav | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oslav | 67 | 3 | / |
| Golof | 67 | 3 | / |
| Olaiv | 67 | 3 | / |
| Holof | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oliav | 67 | 2 | / |
| Olyaw | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oilav | 67 | 2 | / |
| Uleaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ullaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aulaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Alasf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eleaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alauf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uliaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uslaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oylab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oulaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oilaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olhav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olovf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oloof | 67 | 1 | / |
| Olavh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oleaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hulaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alahf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alazf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elaif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Elyaf | 67 | 1 | / |
Olaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Olaf in the Russian language | ||
| Олаф | olaf | - |
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