Given name
Ólafur
Ólafur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Icelandic.
Original Old NorseÓláfr
Meaning & origin
Ólafur’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Ólafur has a diminutive in Láfi. Ólafur has a surname derivative in OLAFSSON. In Icelandic usage, Ólafur has a conventional equivalent in the English form Olaf.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ólafur has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Ólafur comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ólafur
- Ólafur Ragnar GrímssonIcelandic politician, 5th President of Icelandborn 1943
- Olafur EliassonDanish-Icelandic artist (born 1967)
- Ólafur ArnaldsIcelandic musicianborn 1986
- Ólafur Ingi SkúlasonIcelandic footballerborn 1983
- Ólafur ThorsIcelandic politician (1892-1964)
- Ólafur Darri ÓlafssonIcelandic actorborn 1973
- Ólafur StefánssonIcelandic handball playerborn 1973
- Ólafur JóhannessonPrime Minister of Iceland (1913-1984)
- Ólafur Jóhann SigurðssonIcelandic writer (1918–1988)
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