Oliwer
A Germanic name meaning "olive tree", spelled the Polish way with a w. It's given only to boys, and stays rare: most Poles have never met an Oliwer, with a bit over 3,000 alive today.
Oliwer Pronunciation
Oliwer is pronounced o-LEE-ver (/ɔˈlivɛr/).
What Oliwer means
Where Oliwer comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Oliwer began with a Germanic root, something close to Alfihar, an old name linked to elves. The sense of olive tree, drzewo oliwne in Polish, was fastened to it later, once the Latin oliva made itself heard inside the sound. So the fruit is a borrowed meaning laid over a much older word.
The Polish w is the clue. English and Latin keep the v of Oliver and oliva, while Poland writes the letter its ear supplies. Medieval scribes already tried Oliwir, Olwir, and Olwer before the modern spelling settled.
On a school register today, Oliwer is the rarer face of the name. In 2026 roughly 3,300 men and boys in Poland carry it, which puts it near 266th among boys' names. The busier path runs through a spelling with an added i. Under both sits the same olive tree.
When Oliwer celebrates name day
Oliwer appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 27 May.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Oliwer
1 in 6586 men in Poland is named Oliwer. 3,241 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #573 among male names.
Oliwer's popularity over time
50 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #353 among newborns. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Where Oliwer is most popular
Oliwer is most popular in Lower Silesian, 114% above the national average (62 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Pomeranian (+55%) and West Pomeranian (+54%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Świętokrzyskie, 83% and 80% below average respectively.
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Lower Silesian62 boys born+114%
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Pomeranian42 boys born+55%
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West Pomeranian24 boys born+54%
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Opole13 boys born+53%
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Silesian64 boys born+53%
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Lubusz13 boys born+42%
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Lesser Poland48 boys born+15%
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Masovian59 boys born−10%
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Greater Poland33 boys born−17%
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Subcarpathian18 boys born−19%
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Łódź10 boys born−57%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian8 boys born−60%
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Świętokrzyskie2 boys born−80%
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Podlaskie2 boys born−83%
Oliwer as a middle name
Oliwer is a first name for 3,241 men in Poland and a middle name for another 763, an 81/19 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 257th, between Vincent (768) and Patrycjusz (761).
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#255 Kevin772
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#256 Vincent768
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#257 Oliwer763
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#258 Patrycjusz761
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#259 Aureliusz760