Olaf

Where Olaf comes from

Derived from Old Norse Óláfr.
— Wiktionary's entry for Olaf
  • Old Norse
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Peak, #388
    21 babies named Olaf — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1886
    Olaf Stapledon born
    British novelist and philosopher
  4. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #768.
  5. 1958
    Olaf Scholz born
    German politician (SPD), ninth Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (2021–2025), Member of the Bundestag
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old Norse.
Namesakes
  • Olaf Scholz · German politician (SPD), ninth Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (2021–2025), Member of the Bundestag, born 1958
  • Olaf Stapledon · British novelist and philosopher, 1886–1950
  • Olaf II of Norway · King of Norway from 1015 to 1028, 995–1030
  • Olaf I of Norway · King of Norway, 960–1000
  • Olaf Thon · German association football player and manager, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.