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Oliver is a given name, also a surname, believed to derive from the Old French given name Olivier (though this may be a false etymology);"Alf" and "Ihar", meaning "Elf Army", or, as a Latin origin, the bearer of the olive branch; a corruption of a Germanic personal name, cognate with the Scandinavian name "Olaf" or "Ólafur," which carries the meaning of "ancestor," "forbear," or "talisman."[1]
The French usage is Olivier and in Italy the name occurs as Oliviero. The female version of the name is Olivia.
The name's popularity during the Middle Ages was augmented by the fact that Olivier was the name of one of Charlemagne's paladins and a friend of the great warrior Roland.Ref
Oliver is often shortened to "Ollie", "Olliee", "Olly", "Oli", "Oly", "Ol", "Ols", "Nol", or "Iver". Olive too is an abbreviation, used to denote affection.
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Oliver
Given Name
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| Gender |
Male |
| Meaning |
"Bearer of the olive branch" (symbolizing peace) or "Ancestor" |
| Origin |
Latin or Scandinavian |
| Alternative spelling |
Olivier, Oliviero |
| Nicknames |
Ollie, Olly, Oli, Oly, Nol, Iver |
| Related names |
Olivia |
| Wikipedia articles |
All pages beginning with Oliver |
- Oliver (1945-2000), American pop singer of the 1960s
- Oliver Bierhoff, (b. 1968), former Germany and AC Milan footballer
- Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), English military leader and politician
- Oliver H. Cross, U.S. congressman
- Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774), Irish writer and physician
- Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), American actor, one half of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy
- Oliver Heaviside (1850-1925), British engineer, mathematician and physicist
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809-1894), physician, writer and American poet
- Oliver Kahn (b. 1969), German football goalkeeper
- Oliver Kieffer (b. 1979), French volleyball player
- Oliver Kurtz (b. 1971), German field hockey player
- Oliver of Malmesbury (980-ca. 1066), English monk who is said to have made an early attempt at flight using mechanical wings
- Oliver Burgess Meredith, American actor
- Oliver North (b. 1943), American government and political figure involved in the Iran-Contra Affair
- Oliver Platt, American actor
- Oliver Plunkett (1629-1681), Irish saint and Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
- Oliver Reed (1938-1999), English actor
- Oliver Riedel (b. 1971), German musician (Rammstein)
- Oliver Stone (b. 1946), American film director
- Oliver Sykes, lead singer of Bring Me the Horizon
- Oliver Tambo (1917-1993), South African anti-apartheid politician
- Oliver Twist, fictional character in the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens
- Oliver (chimpanzee) (b. c1970)
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