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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Latin
- ● 1212 Oliuero (abl) quix-vol2 125
- Hungary
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- Latin
- ● 1351 Oliuerio (abl) CDH-IX-II III,
Olyuerio (abl) ibid. I,
Olyuery (gen) ibid. I
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Oliueri (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 21,
Oliuerus (nom) ibid. III, p. 12
- Early Modern English
- ● 1540 Oliver Fiants-1 133
- Italy
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- 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
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- Latin
- ● 1287 Olifer (nom) RigSB 501
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1487 Olivarii (gen) carbonell-I p. 11;
1491 Oliver (nom) ibid. p. 55
- Catalan
- ● 1510 Holiver valencia1510 2049
- Switzerland
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- 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 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Oliver.