Ollie
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Germanic, from Latin olivarius (“olive tree”) (from oliva (“olive”)), and from Welsh.
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Ollie
- A diminutive of the male given name Oliver
- A diminutive of the male given name Olivier
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