oliver
Ol·i·ver/ˈɑlɪvɚ/obsolete
oliver is spelled O-L-I-V-E-R: 6 letters and 3 syllables (Ol·i·ver). It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,934th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, oliver means “Drunk, pissed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in oliver?
| Letters | 6: O-L-I-V-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: Ol·i·ver |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,934th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is oliver?
Oliver appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,934th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce oliver?
- US /ˈɑlɪvɚ/
- UK /ˈɒlɪvə/
Oliver has 3 syllables, split Ol·i·ver in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-oliver.ogg, En-au-Oliver.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does oliver mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
slangDrunk, pissed.
noun
- 1
archaicrareA small tilt hammer, worked by the foot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does oliver come from?
Inherited from Middle English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology derived from the Latin name Olīvārius, but probably representing an Old High German form of Old Norse Óleifr (“ancestral + relic”) (modern Danish Olaf and Swedish Olof), or Proto-Germanic *ala- (“all”) + *wēraz (“true”) (modern Swedish allvar). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).