Olof

Where Olof comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Olof.

Olof through the years
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #799 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1891
    Peak, #766
    7 babies named Olof, its best rank.
  3. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1927
    Olof Palme born
    Swedish Prime Minister
  5. 1977
    Olof Mellberg born
    Swedish football manager
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Olof Palme · Swedish Prime Minister, 1927–1986
  • Olof Mellberg · Swedish football manager, born 1977
  • Olof Swartz · Swedish botanist & taxonomist, 1760–1818
  • Olof von Dalin · Swedish nobleman, poet, historian and courtier, 1708–1763
  • Olof Thunberg · Swedish actor, 1925–2020

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.