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ArchivesOlney again (I can't longer post on that post, don't know why)
Vigdis, thanks for the better site you now offer but I already knew it and thought the question was inappropiate there because Olney and Olla are both names, not surnames. (Couldn't post where it was appropiate because something has gone wrong with the thread)
Previously I had posted:
I thought the name "Olney" meant "old"-"ney" where "ney" sounded to me like some affix I had seen before but who's meaning I could not remember, however I'm searching and finding it may mean "lone/solitary/single clearing/glade" or "Olla's island" in Old English... But I need to know the meaning of the name "Olla" which I guessed could be a variant of Olaf or mean "wool" according to some source... But which I dont trully know what it means... Anyone has an answer?
Searching the database many names end in "ney" and the closest "ney" has got to a meaning of its own is "new" or "island"... "Old new" is really meaningless... "Old island" is more meaningful...
Previously I had posted:
I thought the name "Olney" meant "old"-"ney" where "ney" sounded to me like some affix I had seen before but who's meaning I could not remember, however I'm searching and finding it may mean "lone/solitary/single clearing/glade" or "Olla's island" in Old English... But I need to know the meaning of the name "Olla" which I guessed could be a variant of Olaf or mean "wool" according to some source... But which I dont trully know what it means... Anyone has an answer?
Searching the database many names end in "ney" and the closest "ney" has got to a meaning of its own is "new" or "island"... "Old new" is really meaningless... "Old island" is more meaningful...
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If it's "Olla's island" then it's unlikely that you're going to find the original meaning. It'd be an Anglo-Saxon name, and the meanings of many of those are lost.
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In Bee Dictionary Olla means olla meaning(s) Add to My List
(n) leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
A skillfully concocted olla podrida of Latin American nightclub idioms sizzling in Stravinskian sauce with occasional Straussian dumplings.
His family is what the Spanish call olla podrida, or rotten pot, a mess.
I also found these definitions in a different dictionary 1. Southwestern U.S. A rounded earthenware pot or jar, used especially for cooking or for carrying water.
2. An olla podrida.
I found this meaning of Olla the baby name. An olive, or "Olive tree". A variant of Olivia. It's from this site if you want to check it out. http://www.quickbabynames.com/meaning-of-Olla.html I also found this meaning for Olla as a girl's name is a variant of Ola (Old Norse), and the meaning of Olla is "ancestor's relic". It from this site. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Olla
I found all of these meanings from this site. http://www.mybaby.net.au/baby-name-full-detail/olla/49352/1 Hebrew Meanings of Olla (Male)- Eternity
Scandinavian,Hawaiian,Nigerian Meanings of Olla (Male)- Ancestral relic, Family keepsake; Life, Wel being; Precious.
African Meanings of Olla (Male)- Ibo of Nigeria name meaning 'precious, worth.'
African Meanings of Olla (Female)- Ibo of Nigeria name meaning 'precious, worth.'
(n) leaf or strip from a leaf of the talipot palm used in India for writing paper
A skillfully concocted olla podrida of Latin American nightclub idioms sizzling in Stravinskian sauce with occasional Straussian dumplings.
His family is what the Spanish call olla podrida, or rotten pot, a mess.
I also found these definitions in a different dictionary 1. Southwestern U.S. A rounded earthenware pot or jar, used especially for cooking or for carrying water.
2. An olla podrida.
I found this meaning of Olla the baby name. An olive, or "Olive tree". A variant of Olivia. It's from this site if you want to check it out. http://www.quickbabynames.com/meaning-of-Olla.html I also found this meaning for Olla as a girl's name is a variant of Ola (Old Norse), and the meaning of Olla is "ancestor's relic". It from this site. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Olla
I found all of these meanings from this site. http://www.mybaby.net.au/baby-name-full-detail/olla/49352/1 Hebrew Meanings of Olla (Male)- Eternity
Scandinavian,Hawaiian,Nigerian Meanings of Olla (Male)- Ancestral relic, Family keepsake; Life, Wel being; Precious.
African Meanings of Olla (Male)- Ibo of Nigeria name meaning 'precious, worth.'
African Meanings of Olla (Female)- Ibo of Nigeria name meaning 'precious, worth.'
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Thanks for that answer Loki! I already new the Spanish meaning of "olla" as "pot" because I speak Spanish as my mother tongue, but I can bet it aint the origin of the name that derived into Olney, however "ancestor's relic" makes much more sense! thanks!
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