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Olatokunbo m & f YorubaMeans "wealth or nobility returns from overseas" in Yoruba. It is typically given to a child born abroad and later brought home.
Olatunde m YorubaMeans "honour returns" or "wealth returns" in Yoruba.
Olatz f BasqueFrom the name of a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin Mary, located in Azpeitia, Spain, which is of unknown meaning. It dates to the 13th century and was visited by Saint
Ignatius.
Olave f English (Rare)Corruption of
Olive, if not an adaption of the Norwegian name. A known bearer is the English aristocrat Olave Baden-Powell (1889-1977), the founder of the Girl Guiding movement.
Ǫlbjǫrn m Old NorseDerived from Old Norse
ǫl "ale" or "protection, luck" and
bjǫrn "bear".
Olcay m & f TurkishMeans "fortune, luck" in Turkish, ultimately from Mongolian өлзий
(ölzii).
Ólchobar m IrishMeans "drink-desiring, lover of drink", from Irish
ól "drink" and
cobar "desiring". The name of several Irish kings.
Olda f West Frisian (Rare)West Frisian name, it is a strictly feminine form of
Olde. In other words, you could say that this name is the West Frisian cognate of
Alda 1.
Oldokh m & f MongolianMeans "to be found, obtained, understood" in Mongolian.
Oldra f CzechDiminutive of
Oldřiška, not usually used as a given name in its own right. Oldra Sedlmayerová (whose official given name was Oldřiška Veronika Sedlmayerová, 1884-1954) was a poet, publicist and politician... [
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Olea f MormonIn the Book of Abraham, it is said that this is the name of the moon in the pure language.
Olef m & f Old SwedishFor masculine purposes Olef is used as a Old Swedish form of
Óleifr, for feminine purposes Olef is used as a Old Swedish form of
Ólæif.
Olegi m GeorgianForm of
Oleg with the Georgian nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.
Oleif f & m NorwegianAs a masculine name, it is a cognate of
Olaf (being the modern form of the Old Norse name
Ólæifr, variant of
Álæifr, itself a variant of
Áleifr)... [
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Oleksa m & f Ukrainian, Ukrainian (Archaic)Ukrainian variant of
Oleksiy, more common in the past (but still in use today). It is usually masculine, but occasionally in the modern day, it is a feminine name.
Olethros m Greek MythologyIn Ancient Greek mythology, Olethros was the personification of havoc and probably one of the Makhai.... [
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Oley m EnglishVariant of
Ole, reflecting on the Danish and Norwegian pronunciation of the name.
Olgivanna f ObscureIn the case of Olgivanna Lloyd Wright it is an Anglicized portmanteau of her Montenegrin birth name Olga Ivanovna.
Oliblish f MormonIn a facsimile in the Book of Abraham, this name appears as a great world standing next in place to
Kolob, said to have been called such by the Egyptians in Abraham's time.
Olidammara m Popular CultureThe god of music, revels, wine, rogues, humor, and tricks in the role playing game
Dungeons & Dragons.
Olihah m Mormon (Rare)Comes from the Plain of Olihah Shinehah, a place mentioned in Mormon scripture.
Olima f UzbekFeminine form of
Olim (the Uzbek and Tajik form of
Alim). In other words, this is an Uzbek form of
Alima.
Olimar m Popular CultureFrom Captain Olimar, the main protagonist of the video game franchise Pikmin, made by Shigeru Miyamoto, named after Mario himself (Olimar is an anagram of Mario, with an L added; his Japanese name, Orimā, (オリマー) which was romanized as Olimar, is a perfect anagram of "Mario").
Olimlah m MormonIn the third facsimile of the Book of Abraham, this is the name of a slave belonging to the king.
Olimpiade f & m ItalianItalian form of
Olympias. It coincides with the word
olimpiade (plural
olimpiadi "Olympic Games").
Olimtilla f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
olim meaning "scholar" and
tilla meaning "gold" or "dear, precious".
Olin m NahuatlMeans "movement, motion" in Nahuatl, sometimes referring to an earthquake. This is the seventeenth day-sign of the tonalpohualli. Compare
Olli.
Olina f CzechOriginally a diminutive of
Olga which is now also used as a given name in its own right.
Olinirina m & f MalagasyFrom the Malagasy
oly meaning "curly (hair)" and
nirina meaning "desired".
Olio m Medieval BasqueOriginated from Roman patronymic surname
Aulius, or from Basque
Oilo "Hen".
Olisaemeka m AfricanOlisaemeka is an Igbo african name.It is a combination of Emeka(Great Deeds) and Olisa(God).Hence;Olisaemeka means God has done a great deed.
Olita f LatvianOf unknown origin and meaning; a derivation from
Olga has been suggested.
Olitiana f MalagasyCombination of Malagasy
oly "curly, curly hair" and
tiana "to be loved; to be liked".
Olivine f English (Rare), French (Rare), Jamaican Patois (Rare)Diminutive or elaborated form of
Olive, or directly from the English and French word
olivine that denotes a type of gemstone, whose name ultimately goes back to Latin
oliva "olive" (so named in the late 18th century for its olive green color).
Oliya f UzbekDerived from
oliy meaning "high, supreme".
Ol'jaqo'zi m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
ol'ja meaning "prey, spoils" and
qo'zi meaning "lamb".
Öljätäi f Medieval GeorgianMeaning unknown, possibly a translation of a Mongolian name. This was the name of a medieval Georgian queen consort.
Ollacatl m & f NahuatlPossibly means "rubber person", derived from Nahuatl
olli "rubber, a rubber ball". Alternately, could mean "person from Ollac".
Ollanta m QuechuaA famous bearer is Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso (1962-) the 65th President of Peru from 2011 to 2016.