Origin: | From Old High German words for elf and army, warrior | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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Name info: About the name Ollie in particular | |
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Group info: About Oliver, the group of names with the same origin as Ollie | Language of origin: | Old High German |
Info about origin: | from the Old French form of a Germanic two-element name, brought to England by the Normans |
| the spelling was influenced by the Latin word oliva |
| in the medieval French epic La Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland, around 1000 AD) Oliver is a friend of Roland |
Words: | alf = the elf Old High German |
| heri = the army, the warrior Old High German |
| oliva = the olive, the olive tree Latin |
Topics: | Two-element name |
Variants' top ranks: | 1:Oliver Canada/BC 2019, 1:Olivers Latvia 2023, 2:Olivér Hungary 2023, 5:Óliver Iceland 2023, 19:Oliwier Poland 2023, 24:Olivier Netherlands 2022, 25:Ollie Scotland 2020, 27:Ólíver Iceland 2003 to 2007, 86:Olly Scotland 2012 |
Somehow related to: | Olivia, Olve |
Old/original forms: | Alfheri Old High German, Olivier Old French |
Name variants: | Oli, Oliver, Olivér, Óliver, Ólíver, Olivers, Olivier, Oliviero, Oliwier, Ollie, Olly Sortable list Details |
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Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Ollie | Series | Graph | Rankings |
England+Wales | Graph | 2021 96, 2020 92, 2019 85, 2018 96, 2017 86, 2016 69, 2015 77, 2014 74, 2013 80, 2012 73, 2011 73, 2010 63 |
England+Wales decades | | 2014 74 |
Ireland | Graph | 2023 37, 2022 37, 2021 31, 2020 44, 2019 47, 2018 42, 2017 40, 2016 53, 2015 66, 2014 87 |
New Zealand | | 2022 93 |
Scotland | Graph | 2023 34, 2022 35, 2021 36, 2020 25, 2019 32, 2018 38, 2017 40, 2016 38, 2015 42, 2014 60, 2013 72, 2012 71, 2011 81, 2010 85 |
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