Olaf

Where Olaf comes from

Derived from Old Norse Óláfr.
— Wiktionary's entry for Olaf
  • Old Norse
  • 2 syllables
Olaf through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys, with 11 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Peak, #388
    21 babies named Olaf, its best rank.
  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.