Oliver
m.
Of uncertain origin. It may be a derivative of Latin oliva 'olive, olive tree', a form of Alvaro (cf. also Adalward), or related to Old Norse Olaf.
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1212x1213 Oliverus (nom) OvdFB 2
- England
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- Middle English
- ● 1418 Oliuer EEW p. 44
- English
- ● 1530 Oliuer LIWill-III p. 34;
1541 Oliver StNick-Sf p. 1;
1543 Oliver BarnstapleBap p. 3;
1547 Oliver ibid. p. 6,
Olyver ibid. p. 5;
1554 Oliver ibid. p. 8;
1555 Olyver ibid. p. 9;
1557 Oliver ibid. p. 10;
1560 Oliver ibid. p. 10,
Olyver ibid. p. 10;
1562 Olyver ibid. p. 12;
1567 Oliver BUmar-vol9 p. 4;
1582 Oliver BUmar-vol2 p. 63;
1583 Oliver DEmar-vol2 p. 9;
1589 Oliuer OrpingtonKe p. 8;
1592 Oliver BEmar-vol1 p. 15;
1594 Oliver COmar-vol2 p. 50;
1595 Oliver DEmar-vol2 p. 33
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1147 Oliveri (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XCVII;
1180 Olivero (abl) RotScaNor p. 4,
Oliverus (nom) ibid. p. 23;
1258 Oliverius (nom) ArrestReg-volI XIV, pluribus,
Oliverus (nom) ibid. XXXIV, pluribus;
1378 Oliveri (gen) hanquetvol1 1381,
Oliverio (dat) ibid. 528,
Oliverius (nom) ibid. 1327,
Olivero (dat) ibid. 579,
Olivier (nom) ibid. 1405,
Oliviers (nom) ibid. 1390
- Old French
- ● 1313 Olivier Paris1313 p. 70;
1327 Olivier lecoy p. 176,
Ollivier ibid. p. 180
- Middle French
- ● 1392 Olivier MemBret-II col. 598;
1421 Olivier favier 48;
1423 Olivier ibid. 41;
1588 Olivier raymond1588 p. 570
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1285 Oliverii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 156;
1326 Oliverio (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 438;
1522x1532 Oliverius (nom) DSF p. 52, 27;
1527 Oliverius (nom) Rome1527 p. 85
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1287 Olifer (nom) RigSB 501
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1487 Olivarii (gen) carbonell p. 11
- Catalan
- ● 1510 Holiver valencia1510 2049
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 14thCx1478 Oliverius (nom) Ob-SPVn (85)
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Oliver". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Oliver.