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paragkhag · 02/03/2026 17:07

Is Oliver Sage too hippy and/or redundant? (Since Olive and Sage are both shades of green/plants?) I love it so much but don’t want my boy to grow up finding it weird as an adult

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paragkhag · 21/03/2026 20:17

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babyproblems · 05/03/2026 11:55

Oliver / Ollie is nice. Sage is very naff. Sorry to be harsh!

RogueFemale · 04/03/2026 23:08

paragkhag · 02/03/2026 17:07

Is Oliver Sage too hippy and/or redundant? (Since Olive and Sage are both shades of green/plants?) I love it so much but don’t want my boy to grow up finding it weird as an adult

A no vote from me. I don't like Oliver or Sage.

KayEmAy · 04/03/2026 21:30

I love it! I love Sage for a boy and Oliver is a great name!

EconomyClassRockstar · 04/03/2026 00:58

The reality is the only time he will ever hear his first and middle name being said in the same sentence is when he's being told off for doing something really dumb.

ShesnoGeordielass · 04/03/2026 00:56

I really like Sage, but at other pp have said, if it's a middle name no-one really pays attention after the christening.

Oliver, on the other hand, is done to death.

TheRuffleandthePearl · 04/03/2026 00:06

Not sure why but I absolutely think of Sage as a girls name. Maybe the E ending. Or thinking of other names like Heather, Rose, Rosemary, Daisy etc.

Although Basil is a male name so maybe it doesn’t matter!

Dollydolphin · 03/03/2026 21:22

My little boys middle name is Sage :) we were in love with the name too, paired it with a masculine first name!

user1492757084 · 03/03/2026 12:24

I love the sound of Oliver Sage.
It's handsome, confident and gentle.

Other ideas ..
Oliver Crawford
Oliver Larkspur
Oliver Geoffrey
Oliver Patrick

BauhausOfEliott · 03/03/2026 00:38

Oliver is a very popular name and nobody will associate it with the colour green.

Both the Sages I know are women; I’ve never known it used for a man.

MrsStarskie · 02/03/2026 22:21

There are Olivers all across the different classes and jobs. Engineers and artists musicians and bin men.
I have known to Olives one I worked with. 1990s. Other was my Aunt (she was fun, but no gentleman)
Never known a Sage.

surprisebaby12 · 02/03/2026 22:03

It’s not weird at all. Oliver has been the most popular boy name for like a decade and Sage is less common but still a real name

Babsandherwabs · 02/03/2026 22:02

Really like it! Love a less usual middle name.

xOlive · 02/03/2026 21:41

I wouldn’t even connect the name Oliver with the colour olive as Oliver is (and has been for a long while) a common name for a boy.
I like both names but I don’t think they necessarily go together?
With a middle name Sage, I’d assume a first name like August, River, Lennox or similar.

Terfarina · 02/03/2026 21:36

I love it! I think names that can suit any personality are good and Oliver is a sound name - I have never known a nasty Oliver/Ollie. And the addition of Sage is delightful, really great name and just the right side of quirky.

Instructions · 02/03/2026 21:27

I really like Oliver.

I don't think I've ever thought of Sage as a name! It really shouldn't matter though, middle names are optional when it comes to actually using them as you grow up.

Isthisthisreallife · 02/03/2026 21:14

I wouldn’t associate Oliver with Olive either. I would have said Sage was primarily a girls name though and personally, don’t think they sound right together. Maybe it’s that Oliver is a very common name and Sage is more unusual, not sure. Each to their own though so if you like it, go for it.

Bloodycrossstitch · 02/03/2026 21:07

Will he be known as Oliver Sage or just Oliver with Sage as just a middle name?
If it the latter go for it if you'd be using both names day to day I wouldn’t personally as I just don’t think it flows well

MirandaBlu · 02/03/2026 19:52

I kind of get what you mean. It COULD sound like "olive or sage?" (as in, which shade of green do you prefer?) but I would never have thought of it. I'd go for it if you love it; his first and middle name together without his last name won't be used very much anyway.

Emmz1510 · 02/03/2026 19:49

Love Oliver, but don’t like it paired with Sage

MidnightPatrol · 02/03/2026 19:16

Sounds fine to me, middle names only really exist on paperwork anyway

ComtesseDeSpair · 02/03/2026 19:14

Outwith the context of a Farrow and Ball paint chart, I don’t really think of green when I hear either Olive or Sage. Oliver wouldn’t even register with me as essentially being the same as Olive. For the small number of times his full name is ever going to be used in general life, it’s not going to be an issue even if some people do make a “green” connection.

DecoratingDiva · 02/03/2026 19:02

Unless you are hyphenating his name to Oliver-Sage then why not? Middle names are rarely used.
I would assume Sage is female if I saw it by itself but I would never associate Oliver with the colour green.

Translatethedog · 02/03/2026 18:38

I like it.

Oliver isn’t hippy though if that’s the aim.

Mosman2020 · 02/03/2026 18:37

No

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