About the name
- Origin
- Irish
- English version
- Auliffe, Humphrey, Olave
- Variants
- Amhlaoíbh
- Stronghold region
- All-Ireland
Overview
The Irish Gaelic adaptation of the Norse name Óláfr, brought to Ireland by Viking settlers and naturalised among Gaelic Irish families from the 10th century.
The story behind Amhlaoibh
Borne by several Norse-Gaelic kings of Dublin in the 9th-11th centuries, the name was so fully absorbed that medieval Irish bards used it without reference to its foreign origins.
Mythology & legend
Non-mythological; Gaelicised Norse name.
Did you know?
Amhlaoibh is the Gaelic form of Norse Olaf, fully naturalised after Norse-Gaelic intermarriage.
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