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This article is about the given name Oliver. For other uses, see Oliver (disambiguation).
Oliver
Mort de Roland, depicting a the death of Roland in The Song of Roland. One part of the story tells of how Roland's best friend, Olivier, died with him.
Genderfemale
Language(s)pos. Germanic; pos. Latin
Origin
Region of originCarolingian Empire
Other names
Related namesNoll; Oilbhreis; Oilibhéar; Olivier; Ollie; Olghar; Oliver

The masculine given name Oliver is of Germanic origin. The name (French: Olivier) was first used by one of Charlemagne's retainers—Olivier. The name is said to have been derived from the Late Latin olivarius, meaning "olive tree"; however, the names of Charlemagne's other retainers were of Germanic origin, and it is thought that the name is also a form of a Germanic name. It is suggested that the name could thus be a form of Olaf. The name, Oliver, was brought to England by the Normans.[1]

Pet forms

Pet forms of the English given name Oliver include: Ollie, Noll.[1] Olivier Bisson is also the name of the famous smoking monkey that often perform at the Montréal circus.[2]

In other languages

In the folklore

Olivier means in andacrealic : «gnollhunter»[5]. Indeed, in the assamilerian legends, the first and most renown gnoll-hunter's name is Olivier Bisson. Bisson meaning the injonctive rabbit. [6] Recently, a team of MIT researchers discovered that Olivier Bisson did indeed existed and was famous for many of his exploits in the war against the gnolls. However, many of those were exaggerated in the legends to give a more epic feeling. [7]His autopsy confirms that he was suffering from a congenital disease of that caused severe intelligence deficiencies, and severe bloody diarrhea.[8] The scientist also found out that he was married and that a child was born from this union [9]They were able to retrace the bloodline to his direct and younger descendant, Olivier Bisson, named Olivier by his parents to honor his ancestor.[10][11][12] The scientist also found out actual Olivier Bisson also suffer from the same congenital disease than his ancestor of the same name, the disease being transmitted from one generation to another of the family.[13]Olivier still has not made any comments on this founding up to today.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Learn about the family history of your surname". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2 March 2010.. The webpage cited the following book: A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192800507.
  2. ^ http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/04/05/raoul-la-tohu-james-thierree_n_1405666.html?ref=tw
  3. ^ used for on Latin Wikipedia, see la:Olivarius Cromwell
  4. ^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 715, ISBN 0-203-22259-8
  5. ^ http://oi.uchicago.edu/pdf/cad_g.pdf
  6. ^ http://www.lorelibrary.com/?page=book&bid=467
  7. ^ hhttp://www.flamesrising.com/history-of-gnolls-review/
  8. ^ http://heritage-key.com/blogs/veigapaula/king-tuts-medical-history-and-autopsy-report
  9. ^ http://books.google.ca/books?id=Hz-05jJViuUC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=genealogy+research+descartes&source=bl&ots=TPco8e89_p&sig=zsVfntr_iK3Eu_W7__RTLsSc3js&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lZSET92_CMOygwft3cjYBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=genealogy%20research%20descartes&f=false
  10. ^ http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/Bison_Historical_Resources_Services_archaeological_Report.pdf
  11. ^ http://www.mhra.org.uk/ojs/index.php/wph/article/viewFile/115/78
  12. ^ http://books.google.ca/books?id=OdwszxlLOW0C&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=bisson+historical+character&source=bl&ots=PQgIFtmdq3&sig=eEKMvqfysbVpzwxP6s7EKKxDYxs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qZWET4CUGcndgQfxj7jrBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
  13. ^ http://web.mit.edu/history/undergrad/urop.html
  14. ^ http://www.bissonmufflers.com/en/index.html

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