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I don't really like it exactly, but I *love* the nickname Noll, which is the only thing that's warmed me up to it at all. Oliver doesn't remind me of the obvious 'olives,' but rather it brings to mind a kind of brownish puce sort of color, like oliver ought to be the name of something kind of dogfood-ish. :-/ Don't ask why, but that's how it feels to me.

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So personally I don't like it, but for its classic appeal and its lack of enormous popularity I can appreciate it and respect people using it. I think Oliver and Annie go together quite well as a sibset; it's kind of sweet and nice, IMO. I think Oliver will go well with any middle name with a classic sort of feel, like:

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Oliver William
Oliver Thomas
Oliver Charles
Oliver Jeremiah
Oliver Daniel
Oliver Theodore
Oliver Howard
Oliver Lawrence

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The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness.
To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions.

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-Marx-