Ollie

See also ollie

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ollie

1. A diminutive of the male given name Oliver.
2. A diminutive of the female given names Olivia, Olive and Olwen.

Quotations

• 1994 Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man, Viking 1995, ISBN 0670859117, page 429:

  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.

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Dutch

Etymology

Either from Germanic or from Latin olivarius 'olive tree' (from oliva 'olive').

Proper noun

Ollie

1. A diminutive of the male given name Oliver (possibly via English)
2. A diminutive of the male given name Olivier (via French).