Oliver

Oliver
Mort de Roland, depicting the death of Roland in The Song of Roland. One part of the story tells how Roland's best friend Oliver died with him.
Pronunciation	ol-iv-er
Gender	masculine
Origin
Language(s)	English
Word/Name	Old French and English
Place of origin	Medieval France, Medieval England
Other names
Nickname(s)	Ollie
Usage	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Italian, Russian, Catalan, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak, Spanish
Related names	Olivier, Olivér, Oliwer, Oliwier, Oliviero, Óliver

The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: Oliver.

Oliver is a male given name. It has Old French and British origins. The name might come from Latin olivarius, meaning "olive tree planter" or "olive branch bearer" The pronunciation of the name is [ ol-uh-ver ]. This name was ranked #3 on the US Popular Names in 2021.

Persons with the given name

• Oliver Ekman-Larsson (born 1991), Swedish professional ice hockey player
• Oliver Bozanic (born 1989), Australian footballer
• Oliverius Carafa (1430–1511), Italian Cardinal, papal legate to King Ferdinand of Naples and Ambassador of Naples to the Holy See
• Oliver (singer) (1945–2000), American pop singer, real name William Oliver Swofford
• Oliver De Lancey (American loyalist) (1718–1785), American merchant, Loyalist politician, and major-general during the American Revolutionary War
• Oliver De Lancey (British Army general) (c. 1749–1822), British Army officer who took part in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars
• Oliver De Lancey (British Army and Spanish Legion officer) (1803–1837), British Army officer who volunteered for the Spanish Legion and died fighting in Spain during the First Carlist War
• Oliver Dobbins (born 1941), American football player
• Oliver Belmont (1858–1908), American socialite
• Oliver Bulleid (1882–1970), British railway and mechanical engineer
• Oliver Carminow (died 1597), English politician and Member of Parliament
• Oliver Churchill (1914–1997), British officer during World War II
• Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658), English military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
• Oliver Ditson (1811–1888), American businessman
• Oliver Dragojević (1947–2018), Croatian pop singer
• Oliver Ellsworth (1745–1807), American lawyer, politician, and senator
• Oliver Evans (1755–1819), American inventor
• Oliver Gavin (born 1972), British racing driver
• Oliver Goldsmith (1730–1774), Irish novelist, playwright, and poet
• Oliver Goonetilleke (1892–1978), first indigenous Governor-General of Ceylon
• Oliver Haarmann (born 1967), German private equity financier
• Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy
• Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925), English electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist
• Oliver Heywood (1825–1892), English banker and philanthropist
• Oliver Hirschbiegel (born 1957), German film director
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935), American jurist
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894), American physician and poet
• Oliver Hudson (born 1976), American actor
• Oliver Hughes (1844–1911), American decorated Union Army soldier
• Oliver Ingrosso (born 1989), Swedish DJ, record producer, and actor
• Oliver Jackson a.k.a. "Bops Junior" (1933–1994), American jazz drummer
• Oliver Jackson-Cohen (born 1986), English actor and model
• Oliver Toussaint Jackson (1872–1948), American businessman
• Oliver Jarvis (born 1984), English racing driver
• Oliver Jones (Irish MP) (died 1664), Welsh-Irish soldier and politician
• Jovan Oliver (1310–1356), Serbian despot and voivode
• Oliver Kahn (born 1969), German football goalkeeper
• Oliver Kamm (born 1963), British writer and journalist
• Oliver Knussen (1952–2018), British composer and conductor
• Oliver Kuusik (born 1980), Estonian operatic tenor
• Oliver Lieb (born 1969), German electronic music producer and DJ
• Oliver Locker-Lampson (1880–1954), British politician and naval officer
• Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), British physicist and writer
• Oliver W. F. Lodge (1878–1955), English poet and author
• Oliver Luck (born 1960), American professional football player and sports executive
• Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos (1893–1972), British businessman and politician
• Oliver Martini (born 1971), Italian racing driver
• Oliver McCall (born 1965), American heavyweight boxer
• Oliver Messel (1904–1978), English artist and pioneering stage designer
• Oliver Minatel (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
• Oliver P. Morton (1823–1877), American politician
• Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi (1952–2019), Zimbabwean musician
• Oliver Nelson (1932–1975), American jazz musician
• Oliver North (born 1943), US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, conservative political commentator and television host, military historian, and author
• Oliver Ortega (born 1996), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
• Oliver Parker (born 1960), English film director
• Oliver Penrose (born 1929), British theoretical physicist
• Oliver Perry (1785–1819), American naval commander
• Oliver Petrucciani (born 1969), Swiss motorcycle racer
• Oliver Platt (born 1960), American actor
• Oliver Plunkett (1625–1681), Irish Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, last martyr of the Popish Plot
• Oliver Postgate (1925–2008), English animator, puppeteer, and writer
• Oliver Ranasinghe, 9th Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
• Oliver Reed (1938–1999), English actor
• Oliver Sacks (1933–2015), British-American neurologist and writer
• Oliver Selfridge (1926–2008), English businessman, computer scientist, and pioneer of artificial intelligence
• Oliver Sin (born 1985), Hungarian painter
• Oliver Smithies (1925–2017), British-born American geneticist
• Oliver Stanley (1896–1950), British politician
• Oliver W. Stewart (1867–1937), American politician
• Oliver Stone (born 1946), American film director, screenwriter, and producer
• Oliver Strachey (1874–1960), British civil servant in the Foreign Office and cryptographer
• Oliver s. Tyr (stage name for Oliver Pade), German musician and writer
• Oliver Sykes (born 1986), English singer-songwriter
• Oliver Tambo (1917–1993), South African anti-apartheid politician and a central figure in the African National Congress
• Oliver Tobias (born 1947), UK-based film, stage, and television actor
• Oliver Wakeman (born 1972), rock keyboardist and composer and former member of Yes
• Oliver Wallace (1887–1963), British composer and conductor
• Oliver Weerasinghe (1907-1980), Sri Lankan Sinhala architect
• Oliver White (born 1995), British YouTube personality
• Oliver Wyman, American voice actor

Fictional characters

• Oliver (Disney character)
• Oliver Fish, a gay police officer on the American soap opera One Life to Live
• Oliver Hampton, in the American television series How to Get Away with Murder.
• Oliver Jones (The Bold and the Beautiful), on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
• Oliver Lightload, in the movie Cars
• Oliver Oken, from Hannah Montana
• Oliver (paladin), a paladin featured in the Matter of France
• Oliver Queen, DC Comic book hero also known as the Green Arrow
• Oliver (Thomas and Friends character), a locomotive in the Thomas and Friends franchise
• Oliver Trask, a controversial minor character from the first season of The O.C.
• Oliver Twist (character), the protagonist of Dickens' novel Oliver Twist
• Oliver Wendell Douglas, on the American television situation comedy Green Acres
• Oliver, the main character of the role-playing game Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

References

1. ↑ Piestrasanta, Silvestro (1682). "Elogium Gentis Carafaeae ac stemma procerum ejus". SYMBOLA HEROICA (in Latin). Amsterdam: Amstelaedami, Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios & Henr. Wetstenium. p. XXX (30).
2. ↑ Sweertius, Franciscus [in French] (1628). Athenae Belgicae, sive Nomenclator infer (in Latin). Antwerp: Gulielmus a Tungris. pp. 588–589.
3. ↑ Barton Sholod, "Charlemagne in Spain. The Cultural Legacy of Roncesvalles", p. 144
4. ↑ "Oliver name Meaning and Origin". babys.name. Archived from the original on 2023-04-08. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
5. ↑ "Definition of Oliver | Dictionary.com". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
6. ↑ OACT. "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-08.

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