Oliver

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Male Male Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Iceland Icelandic
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

The origin of the English name Oliver is uncertain. It was originally a Norman name used in France (Olivier). Theories include:

1) Variant form of ÓlæifR

2) Variant form of Alfarr (or its German cognate Alfihar [1])

3) Later, it was regarded to have Latin origins, Latin olivarius = 'olive tree', but the original use of the name makes theories 1) and 2) more likely

4) Oliverus has been used as a Latinisation of Alv and Olve in the Nordic countries in medieval times

5) New combination of OL and Iver

Related Names

     
Liippo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Liive ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Liiver ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Liivukka ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Ólivar ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese
Oliver ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Óliver ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Ólíver ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Icelandic
Oliverus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Olivius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Olivur ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Faroese

See also Livius, Oliv, Olivia, Olle

Name Days

Finland Finland

29 May

Norway Norway

3 August

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

29 May

Sweden Sweden

15 April

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Denmark Denmark[2] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 13041 n.a
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 3 4 10852 15312
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 3123 3895
Finland Finland[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 2 n.a 8263
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][2][4][5]:Name statistics for Oliver(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[4]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Oliver(m)


Sources: [3] [2] [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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