What is the name meaning of OLIVE. Phrases containing OLIVE
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OLIVE
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Sikh
Olive, Fiery, Sower of seeds
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Australian, Christian, French, Latin
Olive Tree
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Muslim
A single olive
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English (chiefly central and northern England)
English (chiefly central and northern England) : variant of Holme.Scottish : probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir.Scottish and Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb). In part of western Ireland, Holmes is a variant of Cavish (from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas).John Holmes came from England to Woodstock, CT, in 1686. His descendants include the Congregational clergyman and historian Abiel Holmes, born 1763 in Woodstock, and Abiel’s son Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–94).
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English, Scottish, Welsh, and German
English, Scottish, Welsh, and German : from the Old French personal name Olivier, which was taken to England by the Normans from France. It was popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages as having been borne by one of Charlemagne’s paladins, the faithful friend of Roland, about whose exploits there were many popular romances. The name ostensibly means ‘olive tree’ (see Oliveira), but this is almost certainly the result of folk etymology working on an unidentified Germanic personal name, perhaps a cognate of Alvaro. The surname is also borne by Jews, apparently as an adoption of the non-Jewish surname.Catalan and southern French (Occitan) : generally a topographic name from oliver ‘olive tree’, but in some instances possibly related to the homonymous personal name (see 1 above).
Male
English
English form of French Olivier, probably OLIVER means "elf army."
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English
English : habitational name for someone from Woolcot in Somerset, possibly so named from Middle English wolle ‘spring’, ‘stream’ + cot ‘cottage’, ‘shelter’.Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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French
French : from olive ‘olive’ (see Oliva).English : usually an Americanized form of a Romance name such as Oliva, Olivo, etc.Catalan (Olivé) : variant spelling of Oliver.
Female
English
Pet form of English Olive, OLIVETTE means "olive tree."
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Muslim
Olive, Fiery, Sower of seeds
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Sikh
Olive, Fiery, Sower of seeds
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Hindu
Like olive
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Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Olive Tree
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Tamil
Olevia | ஓலேவியா
Like olive
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Muslim
Olive
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Muslim
Olive
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Irish American Latin
Olive.
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American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Latin, Norse, Swedish, Swiss
Olive Tree; Elf Army; The Olive Tree Symbolizes Fruitfulness and Beauty and Dignity; Extending an Olive Branch Signifies an Offer of Peace; Name of Tree which Gives Olive Oil; Descendent; Ancestor
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Muslim
Olive, Fiery, Sower of seeds
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Tamil
Olive, Fiery, Sower of seeds
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A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoospores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algae. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoospores and the smaller microzoospores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.
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A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard.
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Approaching the color of the olive; of a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
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Decorated or furnished with olive trees.
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An olive grove.
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Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
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The wood of the olive.
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An adherent of Oliver Cromwell.
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An olive-green earth used as a pigment. See Glauconite.
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An olive-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of copper; olive ore.
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A mineral occurring as an aggregation of minute scales having an olive-green color and pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia and iron.
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Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
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A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked; as, olives of beef or veal.
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Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet.
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The European smooth blenny (Blennius pholis). It is olive-green with irregular black spots, and without appendages on the head.
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The fruit of the olive. It has been much improved by cultivation, and is used for making pickles. Olive oil is pressed from its flesh.
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Of or pertaining to umber; resembling umber; olive-brown; dark brown; dark; dusky.
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The color of the olive, a peculiar dark brownish, yellowish, or tawny green.
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An American singing bird (Merula migratoria), having the breast chestnut, or dull red. The upper parts are olive-gray, the head and tail blackish. Called also robin redbreast, and migratory thrush.
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An olive tree.