Olly, like the similarly spelt
Ollie
Ollie is a given name and a nickname, often as a shortened form of Oliver (given name), Oliver, Olive (given name), Olive, Olympia, Olga (name), Olga or Olivia (given name), Olivia. Variants include Olie, Oli, Oly (disambiguation), Oly and Olly (di ...
, is a variant of the given names
Olivia and
Oliver. Notable people and characters with this form of the name include:
People
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Olly (born 2001), Italian singer and songwriter
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Olly Alexander
Oliver Alexander Thornton (born 15 July 1990) is an English singer, actor and List of LGBTQ rights activists, LGBTQ activist who rose to prominence as the lead singer of the English pop band Years & Years, who achieved two No. 1 albums on the U ...
(born 1990), British musician, actor, television presenter and LGBTQ advocate
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Olly Ashall-Bott (born 1997), English rugby league footballer who plays as a full-back or wing for the Widnes Vikings
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Olly Cracknell (born 1994), Welsh rugby union player who plays for Ospreys regional team as a flanker
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Olly Croft (1929–2019), darts administrator
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Olly Dondokambey (born 1961), Indonesian politician
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Olly Donner (1881-1956), Finnish writer
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Olly Flynn (born 1950), English race walker
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Olly Gebauer (1908–1937), Austrian film actress
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Olly Hicks, British kayaker, explorer and inspirational speaker
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Olly Holzmann (1915–1995), Austrian dancer and film actress
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Olly Kohn (born 1981), Welsh international rugby union player for Harlequins having previously played for Bristol and Plymouth Albion
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Olly Mann (born 1981), British presenter
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Olly Martins (born 1969), British politician
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Olly Moss
Oliver Jonathan Moss (born 24 January 1987) is an English graphic artist, best known for his reimagining of movie posters. His work has been released by Mondo and is regularly featured in ''Empire'' magazine.
Background and early life
Moss g ...
(born 1987), English graphic artist
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Olly Murs
Oliver Stanley Murs (born 14 May 1984) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence after participating on the sixth series of the television talent show ''The X Factor'' in 2009, where he finished as runn ...
(born 1984), English singer, songwriter, television presenter and dancer
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Olly Robinson (born 1991), English rugby union player who plays for Cardiff Blues as a flanker
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Olly Simpson (born 1998), Australian motorcycle racer
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Olly Stone (born 1993), English cricketer
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Olly Taylor (footballer) (born 1993), English footballer
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Olly Westbury (born 1997), English cricketer
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Olly Williams, British wildlife painter
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Olly Woodburn (born 1991), English rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs
Characters
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Olly (mascot), one of the mascots of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
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Olly (Game of Thrones), in the ''Game of Thrones'' series
* Olly, a character in ''
The Sifl and Olly Show''
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Olly Manthrope-Hall
''EastEnders: E20'' is a British Internet teen drama, 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 s ...
, a character in the British soap opera ''
EastEnders: E20''
* King Olly, a character in ''
Paper Mario: The Origami King''
Other
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Olly (company), a vitamins company
See also
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Holly (disambiguation)
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Ollie (disambiguation)
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Olli (disambiguation)
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Oli (disambiguation)
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Oly (disambiguation)
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Ollywood
Odia cinema, also known as Ollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Odia language widely spoken in the state of Odisha. Odia Cinema is based in Cuttack in Odisha, India. The name Olly ...
, Odia-language film industry in India
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