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 [ 2 syll. ol-lie, oll-ie ] The girl name Ollie is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being slightly more popular. It is pronounced AALiy or OWLiy KEY. Ollie is of Latin origin and it is used mainly in English. Ollie is a pet form of the English, German, and Italian Olivia. Ollie is unusual as a baby girl name. In 1900, 0.184% of baby girls were named Ollie. It was #113 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a marked decline in popularity since then, and is currently used only on an infrequent scale. Among the family of girl names directly related to Ollie, the English, German, and Italian Olivia was the most regularly used in 2008. Although Ollie is today somewhat more frequently used for boys, there was a period prior to 1960 when more girls were given the name. After 1961, increasingly the name became more popular with boys than with girls. Baby names that sound like Ollie include the Estonian Olli, the Estonian Olly, the English, Spanish, and Arabic Ali, the Polish and English Ola, the Russian Olya, the Arabic Aalya, the Scottish Ailsa, the Slavic Ajla, the English Alais, the Hawaiian Alaula, the Dutch and English Alie, the English Alile, the English Alja, the Spanish, English, and Russian Alla, the Finnish, English, and Spanish Alli, the English Allie, the English Ally, the Russian and Arabic Alya, the English Eily, and the Hawaiian Eleu. KEY: Pronunciation for Ollie: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
