Olava

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Female Name

Usage

Norwegian
Finnish
Swedish
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Female form of Olav (see Ólafr) and Olavus (see also -a)

Related Names

Olava	♀
Olave	♀

See also Lalla, Lava

Grammar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Olava
Genitive:	Olavan
Partitive:	Olavaa

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Olava
Genitive:	Olavas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Olava
Genitive:	Olavas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1789

Strongest Period of Usage

• Norway: 18th and 19th century -1945
• Sweden: 1865-1929

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Vestlandet
  • Nordafjells
• Sweden:
  • Jämtland (19th century) see map
  • Härjedalen (19th century) see map
  • Dalarna
  • Nordsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 250 people were named Olava (percentage of first or only given name: 14 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		3	63	3	63	0	0
Greenland		6	31	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	12	n.a.	12	0	0
Denmark		2	n.a.	2	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway		290	n.a.	290	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Olava (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.