Olaf
A boys’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning ancestor's descendant or heir.
Olaf by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Olaf. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 79 babies in 1916, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Olaf
Forms of Olaf in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Olaf. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Olansmall deer, fawn22 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a prince or princess
Like Olaf, each of these has a prince or princess in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Olaf
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