Olly, like the similarly spelt

Ollie Ollie is a given name and a nickname, often as a shortened form of Oliver, Olive, Olympia, Olga or Olivia. Variants include Olie, Oli, Oly and Olly. People Given name * Ollie Marie Adams (1925–1998), American gospel and R&B singer * Olli ...

, is a variant of the given names

Olivia Olivia may refer to: People * Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Olivia (singer) (Olivia Longott, born 1981), American singer * Olívia (basketball) (Carlos Henrique Rodrigues do Nascimento, born 19 ...

and Oliver. Notable people and characters with this form of the name include:

People

Olly Alexander Oliver Alexander Thornton (born 15 July 1990) is a British singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of Years & Years and for his performance as Ritchie Tozer in the Channel 4 drama series, ''It's a Sin''. Early life Alexander w ...

(born 1990), British musician, actor, television presenter and LGBTQ advocate * Olly Ashall-Bott (born 1997), English rugby league footballer who plays as a full-back or wing for the Widnes Vikings * Olly Cracknell (born 1994), Welsh rugby union player who plays for Ospreys regional team as a flanker *

Olly Croft Oliver Albert Croft, (17 November 1929 – 23 November 2019) was a darts administrator and the founder of the British Darts Organisation. He was one of the most influential protagonists in darts for almost four decades having set up and run the ...

(1929–2019), darts administrator * Olly Dondokambey (born 1961), Indonesian politician * Olly Donner (1881-1956), Finnish writer *

Olly Flynn Oliver ("Olly") Thomas Flynn (born 30 June 1950 in Ipswich, Suffolk) is a retired male race walker from England. Athletics career Flynn represented Great Britain at the 1976 Olympic Games. He represented England and won a gold medal in the 3 ...

(born 1950), English race walker *

Olly Gebauer Olly Gebauer (1908–1937) was an Austrian film actress.Vieira p.151 During the early sound era she established herself in the German film industry. Following the rise of the Nazi Party to power in 1933 she fled into exile with her Jewish husband, ...

(1908–1937), Austrian film actress *

Olly Hicks Oliver "Olly" Hicks (born 3 December 1981) is a British ocean rower, kayaker, explorer and inspirational speaker. He holds three world records for adventure. He is best known for his solo ocean rows and extreme kayak voyages. He first made the he ...

, British kayaker, explorer and inspirational speaker *

Olly Holzmann Olly Holzmann (1915–1995) was an Austrian dancer and film actress.Dassanowsky p.98 During the Second World War years, she appeared in films made by Wien-Film. Selected filmography * ''Hotel Sacher'' (1939) * '' A Mother's Love'' (1939) * ''Woma ...

(1915–1995), Austrian dancer and film actress *

Olly Kohn Olly Kohn (born 19 March 1981, in Bristol) is a Wales international rugby union player for Harlequins having previously played for Bristol and Plymouth Albion. A lock forward, Kohn won the English Premiership with Harlequins in 2011-12, startin ...

(born 1981), Welsh international rugby union player for Harlequins having previously played for Bristol and Plymouth Albion *

Olly Mann Oliver Louis Mann is a British writer, presenter and gadget correspondent. He is best known as the presenter of the weekend evening show on LBC and for his work with longtime collaborator Helen Zaltzman with whom he presented the award-winning ...

(born 1981), British presenter *

Olly Martins Oliver James Martins (born 17 December 1969 in Cambridge) is a British politician. He served as the Labour and Co-operative Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2016. Career Martins spent eight years working for Victim Suppor ...

(born 1969), British politician *

Olly Moss Oliver Jonathan Moss (born 24 January 1987) is an English Graphic designer, graphic artist, best known for his reimagining of movie posters. His work has been released by Mondo (American company), Mondo and is regularly featured in Empire (film ...

(born 1987), English graphic artist *

Olly Murs Oliver Stanley Murs (born 14 May 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, and television presenter. He was runner-up on the sixth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2009 and was subsequently signed to RCA Records and Sony Music in the United Kingdom, ...

(born 1984), English singer, songwriter, television presenter and dancer * Olly Robinson (born 1991), English rugby union player who plays for Cardiff Blues as a flanker * Olly Simpson (born 1998), Australian motorcycle racer *

Olly Stone Oliver Peter Stone (born 9 October 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire and England. Stone is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He was born in Norwich, Norfolk and was educated at Thorpe St Andre ...

(born 1993), English cricketer *

Olly Taylor (footballer) Oliver Scott Taylor (born 13 December 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Dorchester Town. Career Taylor started a two-year scholarship with Wycombe Wanderers in 2010. He finished his scholarship and signed his first prof ...

(born 1993), English footballer *

Olly Westbury Oliver Edward Westbury (born 2 July 1997) is an English cricketer. He made his List A debut for Worcestershire against the West Indies A in a tri-series warm-up match on 19 June 2018. He made his Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened ...

(born 1997), English cricketer *

Olly Williams Olly and Suzi, Olly Williams and Suzi Winstanley, are two British artists who specialise in collaborative painting of endangered wildlife. Olly and Suzi met at Saint Martin's School of Art in London, in 1987, and developed their unique art making ...

, British wildlife painter * Olly Woodburn (born 1991), English rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs

Characters

* Olly (mascot), one of the mascots of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney *

Olly (Game of Thrones) The characters from the medieval fantasy television series '' Game of Thrones'' are based on their respective counterparts from author George R. R. Martin's '' A Song of Ice and Fire'' series of novels. Set in a fictional universe that has bee ...

, in the ''Game of Thrones'' series * Olly, a character in ''

The Sifl and Olly Show ''The Sifl and Olly Show'' is a comedy TV series that incorporates sock puppets, animation, and musical performances. Musicians Liam Lynch and Matt Crocco created and performed the series. The first episode aired on MTV in 1998. The show was c ...

'' *

Olly Manthrope-Hall '' EastEnders: E20'' is a British Internet teen soap opera, available on BBC Online, the official website of the BBC. The series is a spin-off from the long-running soap opera '' EastEnders'' and was created by Diederick Santer. The series is s ...

, a character in the British soap opera '' EastEnders: E20'' * King Olly, a character in '' Paper Mario: The Origami King''

Other

Olly (company) Olly (stylized OLLY), also known as Olly Public Benefit, is an American company and brand of vitamin supplements and other products. History In 2012, Olly founder Eric Ryan sold his Method company to Ecover. Olly was founded in 2013. Later, in 2 ...

, a vitamins company

People

Characters

Other

See also