Forename Olof

In all the world, Olof (Olof , Олаф , Улоф ) is quite a common boy's first name. The first name Olof is habitual in Northern Europe, particularly Sweden, where it is quite a common boy's name, Iceland, where it is quite a common girly name, and Finland, where it is quite a rare boy's name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Sweden, the United States, and Germany. Much less frequently, Olof is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Olof

name Olaf, name Olof, name Oluf, name Олаф, name オラフ, name Олоф, name Olaus, name Олав, name Olle, name Olov, name Ólöf, name Улав, name Улоф, name Olavi, name Олави, name Olao, name اولاف, name Olav

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Olof	Germany, Finland, Spain, Sweden, China
Олаф	Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan
Улоф	Ukraine
Олоф	Russia, Ukraine

First names said to be same

Olaf, Olao, Olaus, Olav, Olavi, Olle, Olov, Oluf, Ólöf, Олав, Олави, Улав, اولاف, and オラフ

First name Olof in the context

Olof is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Olof , the fictional character in television series Bandet och jag, Jag, jag, jag; Olof Mats Pers , the operatic character in the opera Engelbrekt; Olaf , the fictional snowman from Disney's Frozen; Olof Ivar Marklund , the fictional human from the Swedish TV-series Pistvakt – En vintersaga and Olaf Sildur , the Fictional character, The Prince's Act.

Notable namesakes

	olof skötkonung King of Sweden, SE (b. 980)
	olof ii. björnsson semi-legendary Swedish king, SE (b. 1000)
	olof haraldsson Anti-king who ruled Scania, SE (b. 1150)
	olof lambatunga archbishop of Uppsala, SE (b. 1198)
	olof björnsson (b. 1250)
	olof björnsson SE (b. 1300)
	olof hersesson (1390-1460) (b. 1350)
	olof ragvaldsson (b. 1350)
	olof arvidsson (born 1450) (b. 1450)
	olof andersson silfverlood Swedish military personnel, SE (b. 1584)
	olof laurelius Swedish priest, SE (b. 1585)
	olof håkansson SE (b. 1590)
	olof gustavsson stenbock (1537-1599) (b. 1550)
	olof pedersson (b. 1550)
	olof stevense van cortlandt (1615-1684) (b. 1615)

Characteristic surnames

Rd, Karlsson, Lindberg, Lindholm, Lindgren, Lundberg, Lundgren, Eliasson, Eriksson, Engström, Hermelin, Olofsson, Magnusson, Sandström, Andersson, Bengtsson, Petersson, Johansson, Bergström, Pettersson, Gunnarsson, Gustafsson, Berggren, Lindström, Berglund, Anderson, Berg, Holm, Palme, Olson, Nyberg, Olsson, Bergman, Bergqvist, Persson, Larsson, Lindqvist, Johnson, Jonsson, Jönsson, Nilsson, Nyström, Hansson, Vorster, Ohlsson, Sandberg, Svensson, Carlsson, and Johannesson