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Oliver

in the US

There are 35,228 people with the first name "Oliver" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Oliver 793
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  1. is 789th most common Orlando
  2. is 790th most common Carroll
  3. is 791st most common Kristie
  4. is 792nd most common Clint
  5. is 793rd most common Oliver
  6. is 794th most common Bethany
  7. is 795th most common Marla
  8. is 796th most common Cristina
  9. is 797th most common Clark

Most Common Last Names for Oliver

Smith, Williams, Johnson, Brown, Jones, Davis, Jackson, Wilson, Thomas, Lewis

Meaning & History

(male) From a French name, Olivier, recorded as the name of one of Charlemagne's paladins (retainers), the close companion in arms of Roland in the Chanson de Roland. Whereas Roland is headstrong and rash, Oliver is thoughtful and cautious. Ostensibly this name derives from Late Latin olivarius ‘olive tree’ (compare Olive), but Charlemagne's other paladins all bear solidly Germanic names, so it is more probably an altered form of a Germanic name, perhaps distantly connected with Old Norse Óleifr ‘ancestral relic’. It has remained in more or less continuous use since the medieval period, becoming ever more popular since the 1980s.

Pet forms: Ollie, Noll.

Recent Searches for "Oliver" in the US

Since June 2009
10,137

Most Popular Search

Oliver Smith (97 searches)
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