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Oliver m. Of uncertain origin. It may be a derivative of Latin oliva 'olive, olive tree', a form of Alvaro (cf. also Aylward), or related to Old Norse Olaf.

Belgium
Latin
● c1130 Olivir (nom) CartStBert 12; 1190 Olivero (abl) ibid. 26; 1212x1213 Oliverus (nom) OvdFB 2; 1355 Olivero (dat) AM6 p. 8
Middle Dutch
● 1336 Oliviere (dat) RSG1336-39 p. 49; 1387 Olivier (nom) MPSA p. 21; 1388 Olivier (nom) ibid. p. 21; 1391 Olivier (nom) ibid. p. 22; 1394 Olivier (nom) ibid. p. 22; 1396 Olivier (nom) ibid. p. 22; 1397 Olivier (nom) ibid. p. 23; 1398 Olivier (nom) ibid. p. 23; 1400 Olivier (nom) ibid. p. 23; 1402 Olivier (nom) ibid. p. 24; 1410 Olivier (nom) AM6 p. 21; 1414 Olivier (dat) ibid. p. 24; 1489 Olivier (nom) MPSA p. 54; 1499 Olivier (nom) ibid. p. 57
Dutch
● 1502 Olivier MPSA p. 58; 1547 Olivier ibid. p. 66; 1548 Olivier ibid. p. 66; 1549 Olivier ibid. p. 67; 1550 Olivier ibid. p. 67; 1552 Olivier ibid. p. 68; 1570 Olivier ibid. p. 77; 1597x1598 Olivier BoonenGes p. 361, Oliviers (gen) ibid. p. 375
England
Latin
● 1185x1186 Oliueri (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 17, Oliuerus (nom) ibid. p. 17; 1279–80 Oliverus (nom) WaHR-SK p. 84; 1337 Olivero (abl) MHCG2 459; 1340xc1450 Oliuerus (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 53; 1379 Olyuerus (nom) WRYPT1 p. 7; 1540 Oliverus (nom) SA12 p. 5; 1554 Oliverus (nom) StMartF p. 58; 1567 Oliverus (nom) Chst-1 p. 11; 1569 Oliverus (nom) RegSoAMar p. 5; 1578 Oliverius (nom) AuFr Schrey-water; 1590 Oliverus (nom) RegBeb p. 141
Dutch
● 1573 Olivier AuFr p. 88; 1575 Olivier ibid. Alart; 1577 Olivier ibid. Alaert; 1580 Olivier ibid. Clijnen; 1582 Olivijer ibid. Cleijnen; 1584 Olivier ibid. Kleijn; 1588 Olivier ibid. Clienen; 1593 Olivier ibid. Kleeman
Middle English
● 1418 Oliuer EEW p. 44
Early Modern English
● 1481 Oliver HHB1481-90 p. 6; 1530 Oliuer LIWill-III p. 34; 1541 Oliver StNick-Sf p. 1; 1543 Oliver BarnstapleBap p. 3; 1545 Oliver WillsInv XCII; 1547 Oliver BarnstapleBap p. 6, Olyver ibid. p. 5; 1554 Oliver ibid. p. 8, HAmar-vol9 p. 2; 1555 Olyver BarnstapleBap p. 9; 1557 Oliver ibid. p. 10; 1558 Oliver bruton1 p. 109; 1559/60 Oliver HAmar-vol9 p. 2; 1560 Oliver BarnstapleBap p. 10, Olyver ibid. p. 10; 1562 Olyver ibid. p. 12; 1563 Oliver ibid. p. 12, HAmar-vol9 p. 2, Olyver BarnstapleBap p. 12; 1567 Oliver BUmar-vol9 p. 4; 1569 Olyver SurMus p. 145; 1572/3 Olyuer ibid. p. 168, Olyver ibid. p. 162; 1574 Oliver ibid. p. 176; 1576 Oliver RegBath p. 3, Olyver COmar-vol5 p. 127; 1577 Oliver RegBath p. 3; 1579 Oliver WAmar-1 p. 131; 1580 Oliver RegBath p. 4; 1582 Oliver BUmar-vol2 p. 63; 1583/4 Oliuer SurMus p. 29; 1583 Oliver DEmar-vol2 p. 9, RegPat p. 105; 1583/4 Oliver SurMus p. 17; 1584 Oliver ibid. p. 194; 1586 Oliver RegPat p. 36; 1588 Oliver ibid. p. 108, Olyver HAmar-vol9 p. 92; 1589 Oliuer OrpingtonKe p. 8; 1591 Oliver RegPat p. 4; 1592 Oliver BEmar-vol1 p. 15; 1594 Oliver COmar-vol2 p. 50; 1595 Oliver DEmar-vol2 p. 33, HAmar-vol9 p. 3
Middle French
● 1581 Olliuier WCS p. 16; 1588 Olivier ibid. p. 22
France
Latin
● 1147 Oliveri (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XCVII; 1173 Oliveri (gen) clairvaux-12thc 153, Oliverii (gen) ibid. 153, Oliverus (nom) ibid. 153; 1179 Oliveri (gen) ibid. 178, Oliverus (nom) ibid. 178; 1180 Olivero (abl) RotScaNor p. 4, Oliverus (nom) ibid. p. 23; 1258 Oliverius (nom) ArrestReg-volI XIV, pluribus, Oliverus (nom) ibid. XXXIV, pluribus; 1267 Oliverus (nom) NDParisII 2-XXVII; 1274 Olivarius (nom) RHF-VIII p. 58; 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 MemDocMan-2 p. 176, Ollivier ibid. p. 180
Middle French
● 1367/8 Olivier ActsCharlesV no. 428; 1386 Olivier MemBret-II col. 513; 1392 Olivier ibid. col. 598, Ollivier ibid. col. 618; 1393 Olivier ibid. col. 620; 1404 Ollivier HistHdVParis no. 4; 1418 Olivier DdB1418 p. 202, Oliviez ibid. p. 209; 1421 Olivier favier 48; 1423 Olivier ibid. 41; 1562 Olivier RegPCC-1 p. 17; 1563 Olivier ibid. p. 24; 1564 Olivier ibid. p. 56, Ollivier ibid. p. 59; 1565 Olivier ibid. p. 131; 1566 Olivier ibid. p. 201; 1567 Olivier ibid. p. 280; 1568 Olivier ibid. p. 367; 1572 Olivier ibid. p. 510; 1588 Olivier raymond1588 p. 570
Germany
Latin
● 1212 Oliuero (abl) quix-vol2 125
Hungary
Latin
● 1351 Oliuerio (abl) CDH-IX-II III, Olyuerio (abl) ibid. I, Olyuery (gen) ibid. I
Ireland
Latin
● fin12thC Oliueri (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 21, Oliuerus (nom) ibid. III, p. 12
Early Modern English
● 1540 Oliver Fiants-1 133
Italy
Latin
● 1164 Oliverii (gen) Livi p. 41, Oliverius (nom) ibid. p. 41; 1265x1339 Uliverii (gen) BBC-Berg 1488; 1285 Oliverii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 156; 1326 Oliverio (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 438; 1376 Olliverio (abl) DouGen1 p. 64; 1478 Oliverii (gen) RCCaetani6 2720, Oliverio (abl) ibid. 2720; 1485 Oliverius (nom) MHCG2 246; 1522x1532 Oliverius (nom) DSF p. 52, 27; 1527 Oliverius (nom) Rome1527 p. 85
Latvia
Latin
● 1287 Olifer (nom) RigSB 501
Spain
Latin
● 1487 Olivarii (gen) carbonell-I p. 11; 1491 Oliver (nom) ibid. p. 55
Catalan
● 1510 Holiver valencia1510 2049
Switzerland
Latin
● 14thCx1478 Oliverius (nom) Ob-SPVn (85)
Cite as: A. Brown, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Oliver". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Oliver.