Olaf

Olaf ( /ˈoʊləf/, /ˈoʊlɑːf/, or British /ˈoʊlæf/; Old Norse: Ōleifr, Anleifr; Old English: Ǣlāf, Anlāf) is a Germanic name of Proto-Germanic origin, meaning "ancestor's heirloom". It was borrowed into Old Irish and spelled Amlaíb. It may refer to:

People

Kings

Norse:

• Olaf Haraldsson Geirstadalf, petty king
• Olaf I of Norway, 969 – September 9, 1000
• Olaf II of Norway, Saint Olav, king 1015–1030
• Olaf III of Norway, king 1067–1093
• Olaf Magnusson, 1103–1110
• Olaf IV of Norway, king 1370 – August 23, 1387
• Olav V of Norway, king 1957–1991
• Olaf I of Denmark, king 1086–1095
• Olaf II of Denmark was also Olaf IV of Norway
• Olaf of Sweden (disambiguation) (I, II, and III)

Norse-Gaelic: Not all the following were strictly Norse-Gaels, but simply share one of the most common Norse-Gaelic names.

• Olaf the White, 9th century sea-king
• Amlaíb Conung (King Olaf), King of Dublin, possibly identical with Olaf the White
• Olaf Sihtricson (Amlaíb Cuarán), Norse-Gael king of Northumbria and king of Dublin
• Olaf III Guthfrithson (Amlaíb mac Gofraid), king of Dublin
• Amlaíb of Scotland, king of Scotland
• Amlaíb Cenncairech (Olaf Sinful-Head), ruler of Limerick
• Auliffe Mór O'Donoghue (Olaf the Great), regional Irish king
• Amlaíb Ua Donnubáin (Auliffe O'Donovan), regional Irish king

Of Mann and the Isles:

• Olaf the Black, also called Olaf Godredsson (1173/4–1237), King of Mann and the Isles 1229–1237.

Others

• Oluf Haraldsen (died c. 1143) was a Danish nobleman who ruled Scania for a few years from 1139
• Oluf van Steenwinckel (died 1659) was a Danish building master and engineer
• Count Oluf of Rosenborg (1923–1990)

Septs and clans

• McAuliffe (surname)
• Mac Amhlaoibh and Mac Amhalghaidh (Irish septs)
• Clan Macaulay of Lewis
• Clan MacAulay

Characters

• Count Olaf, a fictional character in the series of novels A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Olaf (Jungle Jam), a fictional character in Jungle Jam and Friends: The Radio Show!
• Olaf, 'the Beserker', a fictional character in the video game League of Legends.

Places

• St. Olaf's church, Tallinn, 12th century church in Tallinn, Estonia
• St. Olaf College, a liberal arts college in Northfield, MN
• St. Olaf's Castle, 15th century castle in Savonlinna, Finland
• St. Olaf, Minnesota, the fictitious hometown of Rose Nylund on the TV sitcom The Golden Girls

See also

• European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF), in French the Office de Lutte Anti-Fraude
• Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
• Olavo, the Portuguese form of the name
• Ólafur, the Icelandic form of the name
• Olov, the Swedish form of the name
• Ole, the Danish form of the name
• Aulay, the anglicized Irish form of the name
• Erwin Olaf (Erwin Olaf Springveld), Dutch photographer