Ollie

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].

proper noun

1
A unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].
2
A unisex given name. A female given name.
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.
3
A unisex given name. A female given name. A diminutive of the female given names Olivia or Olive, from Latin [in turn from Etruscan, in turn from Greek].
4
A unisex given name. A female given name. A diminutive of the female given name Olwen, from Welsh.
5
A male orphan.

Etymology

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

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Ollie · A unisex given name. A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic].

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