Old Norse name Óláfr

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The Old Norse name Óláfr is a traditional Scandinavian male given name meaning “ancestor’s descendant” or “heir of the forefathers,” and is the origin of modern forms like Olaf and Olav.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Norse given name ⓘ
given name ⓘ
masculine given name ⓘ
cognate Auleiv ⓘ
linked to: Aulay

Olaf ⓘ
Olav ⓘ
linked to: Olav Haraldsson

Olof ⓘ
Ólafur ⓘ
commonInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ
etymologyComponent anuR (ancestor, forefather) ⓘ
leifr (descendant, heir) ⓘ
gender masculine ⓘ
hasDescendantNameForm Olao ⓘ
Olaus ⓘ
Olave ⓘ
hasDiacritic acute accent on Ó ⓘ
hasLatinizedForm Olafus ⓘ
linked to: Ólafur

Olavus ⓘ
linked to: Olav Engelbrektsson
hasModernForm Olaf ⓘ
Olafur ⓘ
linked to: Ólafur

Olav ⓘ
linked to: Olav Haraldsson

Olavur ⓘ
linked to: Ólafur

Olof ⓘ
Ólafur ⓘ
hasShortForm Ola ⓘ
Óli ⓘ
linked to: Ólafur
hasVariantSpelling Olafr ⓘ
linked to: Olaf Tryggvason

Ólafr ⓘ
linked to: Ólafur
languageOfOrigin Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
meaning ancestor’s descendant ⓘ
heir of the forefathers ⓘ
nameElement -áfr / -afr ⓘ
Ól- ⓘ
nameType theophoric-derived name ⓘ
notableBearerClass kings of Denmark ⓘ
kings of Norway ⓘ
saints in medieval Scandinavia ⓘ
originatesFrom Old Norse personal naming tradition ⓘ
relatedName Anleifr ⓘ
Leifr ⓘ
script Latin script ⓘ
semanticField inheritance ⓘ
kinship ⓘ
usedInCulture Scandinavian culture ⓘ
usedInRegion Scandinavia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olaf → etymologyDerivedFrom → Old Norse name Óláfr ⓘ
Anleifr → associatedWith → Óláfr (Old Norse personal name) ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse name Óláfr