Ollie

Ollie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“olive tree”
Origin
English
Say it
AH-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (71% girls, 29% boys since 1880)

Usually a diminutive of Oliver or Olivia. Most often it follows Oliver, from Old French Olivier, traditionally associated with the olive tree.

How popular is Ollie?

202488.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ollie in 2024294

2024 rank#1,042 boys

Peak year1893

Total US babies since 188058,974

Ollie is rising: use over the last five years is 3.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ollie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliverolive tree · French
  • Averyruler of elves · English
  • Riverriver · English
  • Sawyerwoodcutter · English
  • TatumTata's homestead · English
  • EmersonEmery's son · English
  • Haydenhay valley · English
  • Sagewise one; sage plant · English

Ollie questions

What does the name Ollie mean?

Ollie means "olive tree". It comes from English. Usually a diminutive of Oliver or Olivia. Most often it follows Oliver, from Old French Olivier, traditionally associated with the olive tree.

Is Ollie a boy or girl name?

Ollie is used for both: about 71% of US babies named Ollie since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Ollie?

294 US babies were named Ollie in 2024. Its peak year was 1893.

How do you pronounce Ollie?

Ollie is usually pronounced AH-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.