Given name · also Old Norse
Ólavur
Ólavur is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Faroese.
Original Old NorseÓláfr
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ólavur comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Faroese usage, Ólavur developed from Óláfr.
Ólavur’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Ólavur has a diminutive in Óli. In Faroese usage, Ólavur developed from the Old Norse form Óláfr. In Faroese usage, Ólavur has a conventional equivalent in the English form Olaf.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ólavur has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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