Oliver

From Middle English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology derived from the Latin name Olīvārius, but probably representing an Old High German form of Old Norse Óleifr (“ancestral + relic”) (modern Danish Olaf and Swedish Olof), or Proto-Germanic *ala- (“all”) + *wēraz (“true”) (modern Swedish allvar). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlɪvɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒlɪvə/

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• Hyphenation: Ol‧i‧ver

Oliver (countable and uncountable, plural Olivers)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 98, column 1:

     Froyſard, a Countreyman of ours, records, / England all Oliuers and Rowlands breed, / During the time Edward the third did raigne: […]

   • 1837 August, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “In Which Oliver Is Taken Better Care of than He Ever Was Before. With Some Particulars Concerning a Certain Picture.”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], published 1838, →OCLC, page 187:

     "My name is Oliver, sir," replied the little invalid with a look of great astonishment. "Oliver," said Mr. Brownlow; "Oliver what? Oliver White,—eh?" "No, sir, Twist,—Oliver Twist." "Queer name," said the old gentleman. What made you tell the magistrate your name was White?"

   • 1991, Julian Barnes, Talking It Over, Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 13:

     And Oliver suits me, don't you find? It rather goes with my dark, dark hair and kissable ivory teeth, my slim waist, my panache and my linen suit with the ineradicable stain of Pinot Noir.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A placename
   1. A number of places in Canada:
      1. A town in British Columbia.
      2. An urban neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
      3. A community of Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
      4. A community of Essex County, Ontario.
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
      2. A ghost town in Yuba County, California.
      3. A tiny city in Screven County, Georgia.
      4. An unincorporated community in Edgar County, Illinois.
      5. An unincorporated community in Whiteside County, Illinois.
      6. An unincorporated community in Posey County, Indiana.
      7. A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
      8. An unincorporated community in Kimball County, Nebraska.
      9. A census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
      10. A village in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
   3. (dated, slang) Synonym of The Moon. A moon in Earth, Solar System
      • 1834, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood, The Game of High Toby:

        Now Oliver puts his blank nightcap on,¶ And every star its glim is hiding,¶ And forth to the heath is the scampsman gone,¶ His matchless cherry-black prancer riding;

4. Alternative form of oliver
   • 2017, C. How, Building Histories: The Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Construction History Society Conference‎^[1], page 81:

     The last device, the Oliver, was an innovative alternative to the various forms of small tilt hammers recorded and illustrated by Agricola.

• Oliver County
• Oliver Springs
• Bath Oliver
• a Roland for an Oliver

• Ollie
• Olivia

Oliver (comparative more Oliver, superlative most Oliver)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Drunk, pissed.

• Oliver Twist; see also Thesaurus:drunk

• violer, virole

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.liˈβe]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.liˈve]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.liˈveɾ]

Oliver m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

Oliver m or f by sense

1. a surname

• IPA^(key): [ˈolɪvɛr]

Oliver m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

From English Oliver.

Oliver

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

[2] Statistics of Denmark: 13 041 males in Denmark on January 14, 2011 with the given name Oliver, with the highest frequency in 2010. Accessed on 6 July 2011.

Oliver

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

From English Oliver, in many cases via Swedish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoliʋer/, [ˈo̞liʋe̞r]
• Rhymes: -oliʋer
• Hyphenation^(key): O‧li‧ver

Oliver

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

or rarely:

• Oliver is the 98^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 7,256 male individuals (and as a middle name to 11,971 more), and also belongs to 17 female individuals (and as a middle name to 29 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlivɐ/

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Oliver m (proper noun, strong, genitive Olivers)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

From English Oliver. Has also been interpreted as a combination of Ole and Iver. In regular use since the 18th century.

Oliver

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [3] Statistik sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 3895 males with the given name Oliver living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 2000s decade. Accessed on 6 July 2011.

Oliver m (nominative singular Olivers)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

Oliver m (Cyrillic spelling Оливер)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlivɛr/

Oliver m pers (genitive singular Olivera, nominative plural Oliverovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver

• “Oliver”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

From English Oliver.

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Oliver c (genitive Olivers)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Oliver
   • 2010, Pirkko Lindberg, Hotell Hemlängtan, Schildts, →ISBN, page 268:

     Jag har tänkt resa ditöver i oktober då barnet ska komma till världen, och kan ni tänka att det ska heta Oliver om det blir en pojke, men är det inte något man äter?

     I'm planning to go there in October when the baby is supposed to come, and can you imagine that it will be called Oliver if it's a boy, but isn't that something you eat?

• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 15 312 males with the given name Oliver living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the highest frequency in 2010, and an earlier frequency peak in early 20th century. Accessed on 6 July 2011.

Borrowed from English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology from Latin Oliverius.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoliveɾ/ [ˌʔoː.lɪˈvɛɾ]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔolibeɾ/ [ˌʔoː.lɪˈbɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -oliveɾ, (more native-sounding) -olibeɾ
• Syllabification: O‧li‧ver

Ólivér (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜒᜊᜒᜇ᜔)

1. a male given name from English