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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Old Norse: Talisman; ancestor
  2. Scandinavian: Royal ancestor
  3. Old English: Holly

First name variations: Olav, Olof, Olen, Olie, Olaf, Illee, Olan, Olney, Olinda

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. French and Dutch: from a pet form of a Germanic compound personal name with the first element odal. Compare Ohl.
  2. Jewish (from Ukraine): from Ukrainian olin ‘stag’. This name is either ornamental or represents a calque of Yiddish personal name Hirsch.
  3. Swedish: variant spelling of Ohlin.