Oliver (Scottish surname)

Oliver
LanguageAnglo-French
Origin
Meaning"Bearer of the olive branch" or "Ancestor"
Region of originScottish Borders
Other names
Variant formOlivier

Many Scottish people with the surname Oliver are descended from the Oliver family that settled in the Border area of Scotland and England by the middle of the 13th century. By the beginning of the 16th century, they had become a kinship group in which all its members bore the same surname of Oliver.

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