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Olve

“luck; protection”

Language contexts for this entry: Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

masculineLatin script

/ˈɔl.ʋə/ · Norwegian Bokmål

Origin: Old Norse
2 language contexts: Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian
Follow the evidence: 4 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Olve

Olve is a masculine given name documented in Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Ǫlvér, with the stated meaning “luck; protection”.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “luck; protection”

Inherited from Old Norse Ǫlvér m, also found as Ǫlvir m, from Proto-Norse *Aluwīhaz m. The first element has been interpreted as meaning “luck; protection” and the second as “giant, warrior”. Alternatively, the name has been connected with words meaning “sanctuary” and “priest”, giving an original meaning such as “chief priest”. Compare Alver, which may represent another Norwegian development of the same name, as well as Icelandic Ölvir and Swedish Ölver.

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: OlveCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: OlveCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Olve is used

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1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 2025: 17 boys (rank 241). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål.

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03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Olve

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 17; births; Rank #241
Peak year: 2008; 27 births

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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Olve in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	4	454	observed
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	6	429	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	7	409	observed
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	7	457	observed
1973	9	399	observed
1974	8	448	observed
1975	13	315	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	5	553	observed
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	4	623	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	5	572	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	6	533	observed
1989	6	517	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	8	437	observed
1992	5	524	observed
1993	11	354	observed
1994	9	383	observed
1995	12	333	observed
1996	7	429	observed
1997	11	336	observed
1998	17	260	observed
1999	10	347	observed
2000	17	265	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	11	306	observed
2003	13	286	observed
2004	13	285	observed
2005	18	243	observed
2006	14	290	observed
2007	16	272	observed
2008	27	197	observed
2009	26	215	observed
2010	9	378	observed
2011	15	286	observed
2012	22	223	observed
2013	14	305	observed
2014	18	262	observed
2015	11	342	observed
2016	12	330	observed
2017	22	217	observed
2018	15	275	observed
2019	15	278	observed
2020	17	224	observed
2021	13	281	observed
2022	19	217	observed
2023	10	335	observed
2024	17	245	observed
2025	17	241	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Olve” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Olve— “ale”
Olve, _m._ _Nor._ Teu. ale, 432
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Olve Eikemo
born 1973
Norwegian musician
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Olve with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms3

Wikidata Q11993786CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: OlveCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: OlveCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Olve

Olve is a masculine given name documented in Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Ǫlvér, with the stated meaning “luck; protection”.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “luck; protection”

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: OlveCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: OlveCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Olve is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

country in our sources

Select a country to follow Olve’s connections around the world.

1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 2025: 17 boys (rank 241). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål.

Explore Norway

1 of 1 country

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Olve

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 17; births; Rank #241
Peak year: 2008; 27 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Olve in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	4	454	observed
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	6	429	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	7	409	observed
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	7	457	observed
1973	9	399	observed
1974	8	448	observed
1975	13	315	observed
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	5	553	observed
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	4	623	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	5	572	observed
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	6	533	observed
1989	6	517	observed
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	8	437	observed
1992	5	524	observed
1993	11	354	observed
1994	9	383	observed
1995	12	333	observed
1996	7	429	observed
1997	11	336	observed
1998	17	260	observed
1999	10	347	observed
2000	17	265	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	11	306	observed
2003	13	286	observed
2004	13	285	observed
2005	18	243	observed
2006	14	290	observed
2007	16	272	observed
2008	27	197	observed
2009	26	215	observed
2010	9	378	observed
2011	15	286	observed
2012	22	223	observed
2013	14	305	observed
2014	18	262	observed
2015	11	342	observed
2016	12	330	observed
2017	22	217	observed
2018	15	275	observed
2019	15	278	observed
2020	17	224	observed
2021	13	281	observed
2022	19	217	observed
2023	10	335	observed
2024	17	245	observed
2025	17	241	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Olve— “ale”
Olve, _m._ _Nor._ Teu. ale, 432
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Olve Eikemo
born 1973
Norwegian musician
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms3

Wikidata Q11993786CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: OlveCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: OlveCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Olve

Old Norse origin

Where Olve is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Olve Eikemo

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Olve

Old Norse origin

Where Olve is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Olve Eikemo

Related names

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page