Ollie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Pet form of Oliver, associated particularly with the comic film actor Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), the rotund partner of Stan Laurel
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɑʎi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ollie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 9.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 29K
- IEIreland≈1 in 6.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ollie itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 387 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Pet form of Oliver, associated particularly with the comic film actor Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), the rotund partner of Stan Laurel.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ollie, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ollie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Ollie | 12 |
| FI Finland | — | 17,827as Olli | 1 in 313 | 24K | Ollie | 6 |
| US United States | — | 11,653 | 1 in 29K | 6.9K | Ollie | 387 |
| GB United Kingdom | #841 | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 9.6K | 116 | Ollie | 204 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Ollie | 9 |
| IE Ireland | #382 | ≈820 est. | ≈1 in 6.3K | 145 | Ollie | 59 |
| NZ New Zealand | #711 | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 35 | Ollie | 58 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ollie is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, An aerial maneuver in which one catches air by leaping off the ground with the skateboard and into the air.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
English: pet form of OLIVER , associated particularly with the comic film actor Oliver Hardy (1892–1957), the rotund partner of Stan Laurel.
as a word
In Dutch, a diminutive of the male given name Oliver
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ollie Murray Jamesb. 1871USAmerican politician (1871–1918)
- Ollie Matsonb. 1930USAmerican football player and sprinter (1930–2011)
- Ollie Brownb. 1944USAmerican baseball player (1944–2015)
- Nigel Olssonb. 1949GBnot in their usual nameBritish drummer
- Ollie Johnsonb. 1949USAmerican basketball player (born 1949)
- Ali-Ollie Woodsonb. 1951USAmerican singer-songwriter (1951-2010)
- Ollie Barbierib. 1991GBEnglish actor
- Ollie Watkinsb. 1995GBEnglish footballer (born 1995)
- Ollie Macleanb. 1998NZNew Zealand rower
- Ollie Norrisb. 1999NZNew Zealand rugby union player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 49 sources across 26 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 6.9K | #2,239 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.7K | #2,239 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 207 | — |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2019 | 145 | #47 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 116 | #34 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 80 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2025 | 49 | #40 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 39 | #8,309 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2025 | 35 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 30 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #25,799 |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2013 | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Ollie?
- In the etymology graph, Olivier, Livia and Vivi are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Olivia and Oliver.
- Is Ollie a male or female name?
- Ollie is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Ollie mean, and where does it come from?
- Pet form of Oliver, associated particularly with the comic film actor Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), the rotund partner of Stan Laurel. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Ollie?
- A machine transcription gives /ɑʎi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Ollie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 133 thousand people named Ollie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ollie.
- How common is the name Ollie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,653 people named Ollie in 2020, about 1 in 29 thousand residents.
- How common is Ollie compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Ollie is the 382nd most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ollie?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ollieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ollie” — the 382nd most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.