Olav

== Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /olɑw/, [oˈlɑw], [oˈlɑwˀ] === Proper noun === Olav a male given name, variant of Olaf == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Old Norse Óláfr, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ). Name of an 11th century king, the patron saint of Norway. Cognate with English Olaf. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuːlɑʋ/ === Proper noun === Olav a male given name ==== Usage notes ==== Traditionally one of the most common names in Norway, also in the forms Ola and Ole. ==== Derived terms ==== (male given names): Ola, Olaf, Ole, Oliver, Leif, Leiv (feminine forms): Olaug (surnames): Olafsen, Olaussen, Olsen, Olufsen === References === Kristoffer Kruken – Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 15 774 males with the given name Olav living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on April 29th, 2011. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Olaf (learned borrowing from Ólafr) Ola (pronunciation spelling) Òlav’e (dialectal, Setesdal) === Etymology === From Old Norse Óláfr, from Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛚᚨᛁᛒᚨᛉ (*anulaibaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *Anulaibaz. Doublet of Oleiv and Olåv. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²uːla(v)/, [²u̞ː.lɐ̞(ʋ)], [²u̞ː.ɽɐ̞(ʋ)] (newer, from written form) IPA(key): /¹uːlav/, [¹u̞ːˌlɐ̞ˑʋ] (Setesdal) IPA(key): /²oːlaːv/, [²oɐː.lɐ̞ːʋ] (Midland) IPA(key): /²uːɽa/, [²oː.ɽɐ̞] === Proper noun === Olav m (definite Olaven) a male given name from Old Norse ==== Usage notes ==== Traditionally one of the most common names in Norway, also in the forms Ola and Ole. Also the name of the 11th-century king and patron saint of Norway, Heilag-Olav (“Saint Olaf”). Patronymics: son of Olav: Olavsson, Olsson daughter of Olav: Olavsdotter, Olsdotter ==== Derived terms ==== (prefix): olavs-, ols- (male given names): Ola, Ole (feminine forms): Olaug (surnames): Olafsen, Olaussen, Olsen, Olufsen ==== Related terms ==== Oliver Leiv, Leif Eilav, Eileiv === References === Ivar Aasen (1878), Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎[2] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 30 Eivind Vågslid (1988), “Olav”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 264 Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 14 853 males with the given name Olav living in Norway on January 1st 2025, with the frequency peak in the 1900s decade. Accessed on 30th July, 2025.