Ollie

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English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ollie

  1. A unisex given name
    1. A diminutive of the male given name Oliver, from French
    2. A female given name
      1. A diminutive of the female given names Olivia or Olive, from Latin
      2. 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.
  2. (derogatory) A male orphan.

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ollie

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Oliver
  2. a diminutive of the male given name Olivier
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