Oliver

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This article is about "Oliver" as a name. For the muscial, see Oliver!. For the U.S. popular singer known professionally as Oliver, see Oliver (William Oliver Swofford). For the chimpanzee that walks upright, see Oliver (chimpanzee).

Oliver is a given name, also a surname, usually male, believed to derive from the Old French given name Olivier, though this may be a false etymology; -- it may be a corruption of a Germanic personal name, cognate with the Scandinavian name "Olaf" or "Ólafur," which carries the meaning of "ancestor," "forbear," or "talisman."[1]

The name's popularity during the Middle Ages was augmented by the fact that Olivier was the name of one of Charlemagne's paladins and a friend of the great warrior Roland.[2]

Oliver is often shortened to "Ollie", "Olliee", "Olly", "Oli", "Oly", "Ol", "Ols" or even "Iver". Olive too is a good abbreviation, used to denote affection. Olivia is the feminine version of the name.


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