Olaf (meaning and origin)

Members

Now online

Member search

New members Latest comments

Comment Spy

Forums

Week by week

Baby development Latest photos

Pregnancy

Babies

Bellies

Ultrasound

Member pages Latest Updates

Blogs & Questions

Updated profiles

Home

Videos

Trying

Pregnancy

Babies

Forum & Info

Nursery rooms

Polls

Members

Baby names

Q & A

Maternity Shop

Help

Olaf

Name search:

Meaning and origin
Olaf is a Danish boy name. The meaning of the name is `Heir`.

Where is it used?
The name Olaf is mainly used in Scandinavian.

It is an abbreviated form of
Olli, used in Finnish.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Olle (In Swedish)
Olov (In Swedish)
Olof (In Swedish)
Oluf (In Swedish)
Amhlaidh (In Scottish)
Ola (In Norwegian and in Swedish)
Amhlaoibh (In Irish)
Olavi (In Finnish)
Olav (In Danish and in Norwegian)
Ole (In Danish)

See also
In Scottish: Aulay

Extra information:
Alternative meanings (Norwegian) Heir (Scandinavian) Heir

More `Olaf` links
Olaf as abbreviation
Actors named Olaf
Olaf in the encyclopedia

Statistics for Olaf

Olaf doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list.
The last time Olaf appeared in the top-1000 was 98 years ago, in 1910. It ranked #850 in that year. . 1890 was a `top year` for the name Olaf. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #528. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
2007	---
2006	---
2005	---
2004	---
2003	---
2002	---
2001	---
2000	---
1999	---
1998	---
1997	---
1996	---
1995	---
1994	---
1993	---
1992	---
1991	---
1990	---
1980	---
1970	---
1960	---
1950	---
1940	---
1930	---
1920	---
1910	850
1900	---
1890	528
1880	592