| Meaning: | ancestor's descendant | Tools: Add to favorites Generate:
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| Name info: About the name Ole in particular | | Gender: | male |
| Languages of use: | German, Low German, Scandinavian |
| Is short form of: | Olaf |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Cole, Iole, Jole, Kole, Ola, Olea, Oleg, Olek, Oli, Olle Details |
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| Group info: About Olaf/Olava, the group of names with the same origin as Ole | | Meaning/translation: | ancestor's descendant |
| Language of origin: | Old Norse |
| Info about origin, male: | name of several Norwegian kings |
| | king Olaf II (12th century) is the patron saint of Norway |
| Words: | anu = ancestor Old Norse |
| | leifr = the descendant Old Norse |
| Topics: | Two-element name |
| Variants' top ranks: | 2:Olavi Finland 2014, 4:Ole Norway 2015, 8:Olof Sweden 2014, 12:Olav Norway 2023, 16:Olle Sweden 2013, 17:Ólafur Iceland 2003 to 2007, 46:Olaf Warsaw 2016, 49:Ola Norway 1997, 86:Olai Norway 2018, 161:Olava Norway 2022 |
| Somehow related to: | Oline, Ólöf |
| Name variants: | Olava, Ola, Olaf, Ólafur, Olai, Olav, Olavi, Ole, Olle, Olof, Olov Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Ole | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| Denmark prevalence | Graph | 2015 17, 2005 14 |
| Germany/Düsseldorf | | 2020 45 |
| Greenland prevalence | | 2011 8 |
| Norway | Graph | 2023 64, 2022 80, 2021 54, 2020 63, 2019 62, 2018 57, 2017 63, 2016 58, 2015 65, 2014 45, 2013 35, 2012 55, 2011 50, 2010 40, 2009 44, 2008 32, 2007 24, 2006 30, 2005 31, 2004 26, 2003 23, 2002 20, 2001 20, 2000 19, 1999 11, 1998 7, 1997 10 |
| Norway prevalence | | 2015 4 |
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