Olivier
given name · Latin script
Meaning: I. Sir Laurence, British actor; pers
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɔlivje/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Olivier is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country, where it is the 27th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 282(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 319
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 656
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 482 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 282 (inferred from the name graph)
≈240,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
I. Sir Laurence, British actor; pers.
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Olivier counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #27 | ≈240,000 est. | ≈1 in 282 | 280K | Olivier | 482 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #70 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Olivier | 44 |
| CM Cameroon | #39 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 754 | — | Olivier | 39 |
| BE Belgium | #20 | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 319 | 2.4K | Olivier | 209 |
| CN China | — | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 46K | — | Olivier | 31 |
| PL Poland | — | 12,891 | 1 in 3K | 13K | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | #73 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 656 | 320 | Olivier | 163 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Olivier is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, From Latin, meaning “olive” (olive tree).
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, olive tree
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, du nom germanique Alfhari, de alf « elfe » et hari « armée ».
as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition
In French, Du latin oliva, « olivier, olive »; patronyme/nom donné d’après l’arbre symbolique. Fête: 12 juillet (saint Olivier).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du latin oliva/olivarius, lié à l’olivier; symbolique de paix, continuité familiale et transmission. Fête: souvent 12 juillet/3 mai selon calendriers.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Napoleon Hillb. 1883USnot in their usual nameAmerican author (1883-1970)
- Olivier Messiaenb. 1908FRFrench composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)
- Olivier Rabourdinb. 1959FRFrench actor
- Olivier Barouxb. 1964FRFrench actor, humorist and film director
- Olivier Martinezb. 1966FRFrench actor
- Olivier Dahanb. 1967FRFrench film director
- Olivier Besancenotb. 1974FRFrench politician
- Olivier Schneiderb. 1982FRpresident of the French Federation of Users of Bicycle (FUB)
- Olivier Giroudb. 1986FRFrench footballer (born 1986)
- Sébastien Buemib. 1988CHnot in their usual nameSwiss professional racing driver
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 104 sources across 49 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 280K | #785 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 13K | #160 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 13K | #159 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 190 | — |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Olivier mean, and where does it come from?
- I. Sir Laurence, British actor; pers. Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- How do you pronounce Olivier?
- A machine transcription gives /ɔlivje/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Olivier a male or female name?
- Olivier is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Olivier?
- In the etymology graph, Oliver, Ollie and Oli are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Olivier have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 241 thousand people named Olivier in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled olivier.
- How common is the name Olivier?
- In Poland, the national register counted 12,891 people named Olivier in 2026, about 1 in 3.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Olivier compared with other names?
- In France, Olivier is the 27th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Olivier?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/olivierThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Olivier” — the 27th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.