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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old Norse : Talisman; ancestor

Boy name variations

Olaf

Olaf

- 14% this year
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Olav

Olav

0 % this year
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Olof

Olof

0 % this year
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Olin

Olin

0 % this year
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Olie

Olie

0 % this year
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How Popular Is The Name Olen

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : patronymic from Oele, Oole, a short form of any of the Germanic compound names with the first element odal ‘wealth’, e.g. Odelbert (with second element berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’).
  • Swedish (Olén, Ölén) : probably an ornamental name; etymology unexplained.

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