Olaf

Origin

From Old Norse Óláfr.

Full definition of Olaf

Proper noun

1. .
• 1998 Garrison Keillor, Wobegon Boy, Faber and Faber, ISBN 057119351X, page 71:And then all hundred and one of us trooped across the grass and onto the platform and got our diplomas from Mr. Halvorson, the superintendent of schools, and he said my name into the microphone―Tollefson, John Olaf―and there is was, the terrible secret of my middle name, revealed, and I slunk back to my seat and people whispered, 'Hey, Ole.'

Usage notes

Best known for an eleventh century king and patron saint of Norway. Rarely used as a given name of English-speakers.

Anagrams

• AFOL, foal, loaf