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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old Norse : Kind one
  • Latin : Olive tree
  • French : Peace

Boy name variations

Oliver

Oliver

+ 3% this year
Masculine
Common
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Olivier

Olivier

+ 7% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Olley

Olley

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Olly

Olly

- 35% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Ollie

Ollie

+ 11% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Noll

Noll

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Nolly

Nolly

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Family name origins & meanings

  • Spanish and Italian : from the personal name Olivero (see Oliver).
  • Catalan (Oliveró) : topographic name, from a diminutive of oliver ‘olive tree’.
  • Spanish : habitational name for someone from Oliva de la Frontera, in Badajoz province.

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