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Rolv

“renown + wolf”

masculineLatin script

/rolv/ · Norwegian Nynorsk

Origin: Old Norse
3 language contexts: Danish Norwegian Nynorsk Norwegian
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Rolv

Rolv is a masculine given name documented in Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Hrólfr. It is a form of Rolf, for which English Wikipedia gives the components renown + wolf.

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “renown + wolf”

From Old Norse Hrólfr, from *Hróðolfr, *Hróðulfʀ, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz. Cognate with Faroese Rólvur, Icelandic Hrólfur, German Rudolf and English Rudolph.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): RolfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q2163153CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Rolv is used

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

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countries in our sources

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

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

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 1981: 8 boys (rank 455). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk.

Explore Norway

2 of 2 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

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

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Rolv

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 1981: 8; births; Rank #455
Peak year: 1948; 28 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

Rolv in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	22	179	observed
1946	27	168	observed
1947	22	186	observed
1948	28	164	observed
1949	15	211	observed
1950	20	190	observed
1951	16	206	observed
1952	20	186	observed
1953	16	206	observed
1954	10	258	observed
1955	16	206	observed
1956	9	293	observed
1957	12	253	observed
1958	7	346	observed
1959	5	409	observed
1960	4	468	observed
1961	10	301	observed
1962	7	371	observed
1963	10	313	observed
1964	9	353	observed
1965	7	392	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	7	409	observed
1968	10	350	observed
1969	7	436	observed
1970	7	439	observed
1971	7	462	observed
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	4	573	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	8	437	observed
1977	4	578	observed
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	8	455	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Rolv” 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
Rolv— “wolf of fame”
Rolv, _m._ _Nor._ Teu. wolf of fame, 391
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.

Rolv Wesenlund
1936–2013
Norwegian actor (1936–2013)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Rolv 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 forms7

Wikidata Q33120696CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): RolfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q2163153CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RolfCC-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.

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About Rolv

Old Norse origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “renown + wolf”

From Old Norse Hrólfr, from *Hróðolfr, *Hróðulfʀ, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz. Cognate with Faroese Rólvur, Icelandic Hrólfur, German Rudolf and English Rudolph.

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): RolfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q2163153CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Rolv is used

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

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

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

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

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 1981: 8 boys (rank 455). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Nynorsk.

Explore Norway

2 of 2 countries

Popularity over time

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

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Rolv

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 1981: 8; births; Rank #455
Peak year: 1948; 28 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

Rolv in Norway, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	22	179	observed
1946	27	168	observed
1947	22	186	observed
1948	28	164	observed
1949	15	211	observed
1950	20	190	observed
1951	16	206	observed
1952	20	186	observed
1953	16	206	observed
1954	10	258	observed
1955	16	206	observed
1956	9	293	observed
1957	12	253	observed
1958	7	346	observed
1959	5	409	observed
1960	4	468	observed
1961	10	301	observed
1962	7	371	observed
1963	10	313	observed
1964	9	353	observed
1965	7	392	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	7	409	observed
1968	10	350	observed
1969	7	436	observed
1970	7	439	observed
1971	7	462	observed
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	4	573	observed
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	8	437	observed
1977	4	578	observed
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	8	455	observed
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

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
Rolv— “wolf of fame”
Rolv, _m._ _Nor._ Teu. wolf of fame, 391
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.

Rolv Wesenlund
1936–2013
Norwegian actor (1936–2013)
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 forms7

Wikidata Q33120696CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Turkish Wiktionary: RolvCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): RolfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikidata Q2163153CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: RolfCC-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 Rolv

Old Norse origin

Where Rolv is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Rolv Wesenlund

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Rolf

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Rolv

Old Norse origin

Where Rolv is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Rolv Wesenlund

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Rolf

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page