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Girl or boy · English pet form
Ollie
Say it: OL-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Olive or Olivia for girls (from Latin oliva 'olive') and of Oliver for boys, whose origin is uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Given to both girls and boys in late 1800s America; now mainly a boys' name, popular in Britain.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 57,772 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1893, about 1 in 464 girls
- 263 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Olly
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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