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Ollie en · PROPN

Etymology

From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.

Meanings

1. A unisex given name. ▸ A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].
2. A unisex given name. ▸ A female given name.
   • To my surprise and pleasure, it was Olwen that Esme chose to use when speaking of, and to, the baby - though she showed an unhappy tendency to shorten it to Ollie, in spite of my protests that this brought to mind not a stately princess, but the fat man in the Laurel and Hardy comedy series. 1994, Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man, Viking, published 1995, →ISBN, page 429:
3. A unisex given name. ▸ A female given name. ▸ A diminutive of the female given names Olivia and Olive, from Latin [in turn from Etruscan, in turn from Greek].
4. A unisex given name. ▸ A female given name. ▸ A diminutive of the female given name Olwen, from Welsh.
5. (derogatory) A male orphan.

Deriveds

Chlollie · Olliemania · ollie