page_title: Oliver (given name)
hierarchical_section_title: Oliver (given name)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Bataille de Roncevaux en 778. Mort de Roland Grandes Chroniques de France, enluminées par Jean Fouquet, Tours, vers 1455-1460 Paris, BnF, département des Manuscrits, Français 6465, fol. 113 (Cinquième Livre de Charlemagne). Bataille de Roncevaux en 778 (en arrière-plan à gauche)&#160;: Au retour de l'expédition d'Espagne, l'arrière-garde de l'armée de Charlemagne, conduite par Roland, est attaquée par les sarrasins dans la vallée de Roncevaux. Mort de Roland&#160;: Le neveu de Charlemagne, Roland, comte de la Marche de Bretagne, gît sur l'herbe. Auprès de lui, son frère Baudouin se lamente avant de prendre l'olifant et l'épée Durandal de Roland pour les porter à l'empereur. Español: Batalla de Roncesvalles en 778. Muerte de Roldán, en las Grandes Crónicas de Francia, ilustradas por Jean Fouquet, Tours, hacia 1455-1460, BNF. Čeština: Rolandova smrt, obraz od Jeana Fouqueta, 1455-1460
context_page_description: Oliver is a masculine given name of Old French and Medieval British origin;
  Oliver is one of Charlemagne's retainers in the eleventh-century Song of Roland.
  The name was generally associated with the Latin term/name olivarius "olive tree planter", but may have been connected with the Germanic names *wulfa- "wolf" and *χarja- "army", or the Old Norse Óleifr; or a genuinely West Germanic name, perhaps from ala- "all" and wēra "true" the Anglo-Saxon Alfhere and the Greek name Eleutherios.
  Modern variants include French Olivier, Hungarian Olivér, Irish Oilibhéar or Oilibhéir, Scottish Gaelic Oilvreis, Portuguese Olívio, Italian Oliviero, Spanish Óliver.
  The name was introduced to England by the Normans where its form was possibly influenced again by its Anglo-Saxon cognate Alfhere. It was commonly used in medieval England, but became rare after the Restoration, because of the unpopularity of Oliver Cromwell. The name was revived in the nineteenth century, possibly inspired by the title character of Dickens' Oliver Twist. Pet forms of the English given name include Ollie.
  In 2015, Oliver was the most popular name for boys in Australia.
context_section_description: Oliver is a masculine given name of Old French and Medieval British origin; 
  Oliver is one of Charlemagne's retainers in the eleventh-century Song of Roland.
  The name was generally associated with the Latin term/name olivarius "olive tree planter", but may have been connected with the Germanic names *wulfa- "wolf" and *χarja- "army", or the Old Norse Óleifr (Ólaf); or a genuinely West Germanic name, perhaps from ala- "all"  and wēra "true"(possibly cognate with Álvaro) the Anglo-Saxon Alfhere and the Greek name Eleutherios.
  Modern variants include French Olivier, Hungarian Olivér, Irish Oilibhéar or Oilibhéir, Scottish Gaelic Oilvreis, Portuguese  Olívio, Italian Oliviero, Spanish Óliver.
  The name was introduced to England by the Normans where its form was possibly influenced again by its Anglo-Saxon cognate Alfhere. It was commonly used in medieval England, but became rare after the Restoration, because of the unpopularity of Oliver Cromwell. The name was revived in the nineteenth century, possibly inspired by the title character of Dickens' Oliver Twist (1838). Pet forms of the English given name include Ollie.
  In 2015, Oliver was the most popular name for boys in Australia.
caption: Mort de Roland, depicting the death of Roland in The Song of Roland. One part of the story tells how Roland's best friend Oliver died with him.
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