Name Meanings & Origins

OLOF

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The name OLOF derives from OLAF, and may have Swedish, Old Norse, Norwegian, or Danish origins.

From the Old Norse name Áleifr meaning "ancestor's descendant", derived from the elements anu "ancestor" and leifr "descendant". This was the name of five kings of Norway, including Saint Olaf (Olaf II).

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