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Olie
How to Pronounce Olie
Pronounced OH-lee /ΛoΚ.li/Medium
Meaning: Olie is a short, spelled-as-heard form of Ollie, Ola or Olive. Depending on the family it draws on Olive (the olive tree, a symbol of peace) or the Scandinavian Ola/Olaf tradition ('ancestor's descendant/relic'). It is a homey diminutive rather than a name with its own separate root.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Olie is a diminutive and phonetic variant of Ollie, Ola or Olive, names rooted in Olive ('olive tree') or the Scandinavian Ola tradition. It appears in United States records from the 1880s and had its small high around 1920. It was never common - given to only about two dozen girls a year - and faded by the 1960s.
A girl named Olie at its 1920 high would be a great-great-grandmother today; the name reads as classic early-twentieth-century Americana. Simple and two-beat, it belongs with Ollie, Effie and Nettie. With Olive now fashionable again, Olie's family is back, though this plain spelling has not itself revived.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Olie mean?
It is a diminutive of Ollie, Ola or Olive, tied to Olive ('olive tree') or the Scandinavian Ola tradition.
How do you pronounce Olie?
It's said OH-lee /ΛoΚ.li/, two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Olie a boy or girl name?
Olie is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Olie?
It has always been rare, an early-twentieth-century name given to only about two dozen girls a year and long since faded.