Ollie
See also: ollie
English
Etymology
From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.
Proper noun
Ollie
- A unisex given name.
- A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].
- A female given name.
- A diminutive of the female given names Olivia or Olive, from Latin [in turn from Etruscan, in turn from Greek].
- A diminutive of the female given name Olwen, from Welsh.
- 1994, Robertson Davies, The Cunning Man, Viking, published 1995, →ISBN, 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.
- (derogatory) A male orphan.
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.li/
Proper noun
Ollie
- a diminutive of the male given name Oliver
- a diminutive of the male given name Olivier