Popular Names
OLIVER Name
| Name: | OLIVER |
| Gender: | Male |
| Origin/Usage: | English, French, Latin |
| Meaning: | an olive |
Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Unpretending mediocrity is good, and genius is glorious; but a weak flavor of genius in an essentially common person is detestable. It spoils the grand neutrality of a commonplace character, as the rinsings of an unwashed wine-glass spoil a draught of fair water."