Olivander
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OL-i-van-der
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Olivander is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Olivander mean?
Modern: spelling of Ollivander; from the wandmaker Ollivander in the Harry Potter books
Ollivanders is the Diagon Alley wand shop where Harry Potter buys his first wand.
Meaning borrowed from Ollivander.
Is Olivander a girl's or a boy's name?
Olivander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Olivander in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Olivander, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Olivander in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 boys in the US were given Olivander or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,273, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
- Ollivander 30
- Olivander 18
Olivander in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
Nicknames for Olivander
- Ollie 538 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Olivander
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oliver Wylder Ledger Archer Kylo Wilder Baker Karter Atreus Krishiv Iker Jayceon
Other spellings of Olivander
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Olivander: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/olivander, updated 20 October 2026.