Ollie

See also: ollie

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 [in turn from Latin, in turn from Germanic]
   2. A female given name
      1. A diminutive of the female given names Olivia or Olive, from Latin [in turn from Etruscan, in turn from Greek]
      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

• ollie

 

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.li/

Proper noun

Ollie

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