Olof

See also: Ólöf

English

Proper noun

Olof

1. (archaic) Alternative form of Wolof

Anagrams

• floo, fool, loof

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Olov

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/

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Interjection

Olof

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

Proper noun

Olof c (genitive Olofs)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• (male given names) Ola, Olaf, Olle
• (surnames) Olofsson, Olovsson, Olsson

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.