Oliver

Meanings

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A placename
4. A number of places in Canada:
5. A town in British Columbia.
6. An urban neighborhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
7. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.
8. A community in Essex County, Ontario.
9. A number of places in the United States:
10. An unincorporated community in Scott County, Arkansas.
11. A ghost town in Yuba County, California.
12. A tiny city in Screven County, Georgia.

1. Drunk, pissed.

1. A small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology derived from the Latin name Olīvārius, but probably representing an Old High German form of Old Norse Óleifr (“ancestral + relic”) (modern Danish Olaf and Swedish Olof), or Proto-Germanic *ala- (“all”) + *wēraz (“true”) (modern Swedish allvar). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.

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