Given name
Anlaf
“grandfather, ancestor”·“legacy”
Anlaf is a masculine given name from Old English. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anlaf is built from elements meaning “grandfather, ancestor” and “legacy”.
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How it developed
From Old English ana, built from Old English ana (“grandfather, ancestor”) + lāf (“legacy”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Anlaf’s family of names
In Old English usage, Anlaf shares a linguistic root with the Old Norse form Óláfr.
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