Given name

Ólöf

Ólöf is a feminine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.

Original Old NorseÁlǫf

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ólöf comes from Old Norse.

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How it developed

From Old Norse Álǫf.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ólöf’s family of names

In Icelandic usage, Ólöf continues an earlier form in Álǫf.

Walk Ólöf’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Ólöf

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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Old Norse

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>99% girls

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