Oliver (given name)

This article is about the given name Oliver. For other uses, see Oliver (disambiguation).

Oliver
Mort de Roland, depicting a the death of Roland in The Song of Roland. One part of the story tells of how Roland's best friend, Olivier, died with him.
Gender	masculine
Language(s)	pos. Germanic; pos. Latin
Origin
Region of origin	Carolingian Empire
Other names
Related names	Noll; Oilbhreis; Oilibhéar; Olivier; Ollie; Olghar; Oliver

The masculine given name Oliver is of Germanic origin. The name (French: Olivier) was first used by one of Charlemagne's retainers—Olivier. The name is said to have been derived from the Late Latin olivarius, meaning "olive tree"; however, the names of Charlemagne's other retainers were of Germanic origin, and it is thought that the name is also a form of a Germanic name. It is suggested that the name could thus be a form of Olaf. The name, Oliver, was brought to England by the Normans.^[1]

Pet forms

Pet forms of the English given name Oliver include: Ollie, Noll.^[1]

In other languages

• Croatian: Oliver
• Czech: Oliver
• Danish: Oliver
• Dutch: Olivier
• Estonian: Oliver
• Finnish: Oliver, Olli
• French: Olivier
• Frisian: Olivier
• German: Oliver
• Hungarian: Olivér
• Irish: Oilibhéar
• Italian: Oliviero
• Latin: Olivarius, Oliverius^[2]
• Norwegian: Oliver
• Portuguese: Oliver
• Scottish Gaelic: Oilbhreis^[3]
• Serbian: Оливер/Оliver
• Spanish: Oliverio, Oliver
• Swedish: Oliver
• Turkish: Oliver

See also

• All pages beginning with "Oliver"
• All pages with titles containing "Oliver"

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx. Retrieved 2 March 2010. . The webpage cited the following book: A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192800507. 
2. ^ used for on Latin Wikipedia, see la:Olivarius Cromwell
3. ^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 715, ISBN 0-203-22259-8