Olliffe

Olliffe
Family name
Pronunciation	/ˈɒlɪf/
Meaning	derived from Old Norse "Ōleifr" meaning "ancestral relic" or "heirloom"
Region of origin	Scandinavia
Related names	Olliff, Oliffe, Oliff, McAuliffe, McAuley

Olliffe (/ˈɒlɪf/ ol-if ; also spelt Olliff, Oliffe and Oliff) is a rare surname of Scandinavian origin derived from the Old Norse personal name Ōleifr meaning "ancestral relic" or "heirloom".^[1] Olliffe is a version of Ōleifr that has not been gaelicised unlike the Irish and Scottish derivations such as McAuliffe and McAuley. In England, the majority of people with the surname are descended from the Buckinghamshire Olliffes, the earliest traceable ancestors of which lived in the village of Bierton, near Aylesbury, in the mid-16th century.^[2] The earlier origins of this family of Olliffes are unclear, however others in the country primarily descend from Ireland, particularly the Munster province. Certain Olliffe families immigrated from Ireland to the London area as a result of the Irish Potato Famine and others left the British Isles following colonisation settling notably in Canada and Australia.

People

• Pat Olliffe, American comic book artist and penciller
• Joseph Francis Olliffe (1808-1869), Irish physician
• David Olliffe (born 1975), former drummer of The Vines
• Arthur Sidney Olliff (1865-1895), Australian taxonomist
• Steve Oliff (born 1954), comic book artist

References

1. ^ "Olliffe at SurnameDB". Name Origin Research. http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Olliffe. Retrieved 28 January 2010. 
2. ^ "The OLLIFFE family of Vale of Aylesbury, BKM". Name Origin Research. 30 November 2008. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~akrb61/people/olliffe/index.htm. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 

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