Oliver
Oliver means Possibly from Old Norse Óleifr ('ancestral' + 'relic'); popularly linked by folk etymology to the Latin word for olive tree.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Old Norse |
| Language | English |
| Starts with | O |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Possibly from Old Norse Óleifr ('ancestral' + 'relic'); popularly linked by folk etymology to the Latin word for olive tree”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Evelyn — Possibly 'desired, wished for', from the Germanic root behind the Old French name Aveline
- Olivia — From Latin Olīva, an early saints' name from olīva ('olive; olive branch')
- Lucas — From Ancient Greek Loukâs, via Latin Lucas
- Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
- James — From Biblical Hebrew Yaʿăqōḇ, literally 'may He heel', related to the Hebrew word for the heel of the foot
- Gurshabad — Guru's sacred word, divine teaching
Where this comes from
Oliver has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.