The name Oliver is like an elaborated form of the name Olive, which comes from the English word olive and Latin word oliva, referring to the olive tree. Other theories suggest that it comes from the Old Norse name Áleifr (Olaf), meaning "ancestor's descendant," or the Frankish name Alawar (Álvaro), meaning "all-aware guardian." Oliver was a top-100 boy's name at the start of the 20th century, but became less and less popular throughout the 1900s. It returned to the top-100 in 2009 and has been a top-3 boy's name ever since 2019, according to the Social Security Administration. "Today" meteorologist Dylan Dreyer named her son Oliver George, born in 2020, while actress Ginnifer Goodwin named her son Oliver Finaly, born in 2014.
