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I had a dream that I had a son and named him Oliver. It's kind of funny, because my husband would never go for it.
Thoughts on Oliver? Middle name suggestions?
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Thoughts on Oliver? Middle name suggestions?
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Oliver is overused and at this point very boring.
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I like Oliver very much, but I'd only ever use it as a mn because I view Ollie with shudders of dread. So, just about any name that doesn't end in -er would do nicely as a fn: not Alastair, Peter, Trevor etc.
Of the similar names, I far prefer Oliver (which to me is Cromwellian rather than food item), then Olivia which is a bit too frilly for me but is a family name, and I don't enjoy Olive at all, although my distant relative who was named Olivia chose to be known as Olive, silly lady.
Of the similar names, I far prefer Oliver (which to me is Cromwellian rather than food item), then Olivia which is a bit too frilly for me but is a family name, and I don't enjoy Olive at all, although my distant relative who was named Olivia chose to be known as Olive, silly lady.
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I like Oliver, though I wouldn't use it as it's too common. I think a lot of names work well with it for a mn, just depends on your tastes.
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I think Oliver is a gross-sounding name. It slithers in the mouth like the liver it contains. And sounds like "all over."
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I really enjoy Oliver. It bounces off the tongue in a nice way, and I tend to like names with L's and R's. If I were to use it, which is not outside the realm of possibility since Will likes it too, these are the combos I would consider:
Oliver Jude
Oliver Noel
Oliver James
Oliver Joel
Oliver Luke
Oliver Milo
Oliver Wesley
Oliver Sterling
Oliver Henry
Oliver Simon
Oliver Shiloh
Oliver Jude
Oliver Noel
Oliver James
Oliver Joel
Oliver Luke
Oliver Milo
Oliver Wesley
Oliver Sterling
Oliver Henry
Oliver Simon
Oliver Shiloh
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When I was about 15-18, I was totally set on naming my firstborn Oliver. Then I changed my mind, and now I'm really liking it again. It's absolutely on my list (but so are about 170 other boys' names..). I like that it's friendly, works well on a child, but it's also a somewhat classic, at least in the US.
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I feel like the only person in the world who can only think "olives" when I see or hear Oliver and the only person in the world who objects to it for that reason. And I love olives. I would imagine it would be worse for (what seems like) the majority of people who hate them, but noooooo.
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Olives are nice though. Olive trees are a nice image.
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Oddly, it does that to me too - even more than the name Olive. And Oliver makes me think of olives in martinis, particularly - rather than just olives. Probably because the name Oliver was very unusual when I was growing up, and when I heard it I connected it with the word because there wasn't much else to connect it to. And I first encountered olives in martinis, too. My parents' martinis, that is.
It's not what turns me off the name - I just don't like the sound of it in my accent. Sounds like all over, I'll love her, all of her.
It's not what turns me off the name - I just don't like the sound of it in my accent. Sounds like all over, I'll love her, all of her.
This message was edited 5/29/2018, 10:04 PM
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LOL, that's how I was first introduced to olives, too---my mother would always give me the olive out of her martini. (My father put lemon twists, not olives, in his martinis.) I grew up eating gin-soaked olives. I could have done without the gin flavor but I still liked the olives.
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It makes me think of olives too, but that’s a good thing for me. Of course I also love the name Olive so ...
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I used to really like Oliver, but now it’s extremely popular and definitely has a reputation as a “trendy kid name,” which would lead me to avoid it. I still think it’s a handsome name, though, and unlike a lot of trendy names does work well for an adult (actually met an adult Oliver not too long ago, he’s about 22-24).
Here are some interesting combos:
Oliver Anthony
Oliver Howard
Oliver Robert
Here are some interesting combos:
Oliver Anthony
Oliver Howard
Oliver Robert
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My husband would love to use it; I think if it were up to him all our kids would be named after his mom and his dead cats. Haha. Dawn, Oliver and Rupert are an ok set, right?
A couple of his friends have a 2 year old named Brendan Oliver.
It's ok. At this point all the Oliv- names feel like nothing special to me.
Oliver Heath
Oliver Leonard
Oliver Dominic
Oliver Milo
Oliver Phoenix
Oliver Levi
Oliver Lenox
Oliver Witten
Oliver Scout
Oliver Saint
Oliver Kalliphon
A couple of his friends have a 2 year old named Brendan Oliver.
It's ok. At this point all the Oliv- names feel like nothing special to me.
Oliver Heath
Oliver Leonard
Oliver Dominic
Oliver Milo
Oliver Phoenix
Oliver Levi
Oliver Lenox
Oliver Witten
Oliver Scout
Oliver Saint
Oliver Kalliphon
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I love Oliver, although I’ve gotten kind of sick of it. I’d consider as a middle name for sure though. It’s just so handsome. I met the sweetest kid named Oliver about a year ago, and that helped too.
My first thought it Oliver Michael but that’s a total snooze fest. Oliver Arden. Olive Garden, hahaha. Okay.
Oliver Charles
Oliver Gideon
Oliver Mitchell
Oliver Zebulon
Oliver Bennett
Oliver Fabian
My first thought it Oliver Michael but that’s a total snooze fest. Oliver Arden. Olive Garden, hahaha. Okay.
Oliver Charles
Oliver Gideon
Oliver Mitchell
Oliver Zebulon
Oliver Bennett
Oliver Fabian
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