Ollie or Olly?

[togoornot]

Love the name Oliver. Usual shortened version of Oliver seems to be Ollie but I prefer Olly. Any opinions?

Neither.Really wet middle England Daily Mail sort of name.

Doesn't matter, it's only a nickname, spell it how you like, but put Oliver on the birth certificate. He might go with Oli, he might call himself Bob, who knows?

The 2 Olivers I know are Oli when shortened

That was helpful Moondog Why do you have to be so rude?

My DS is Oliver but usually gets shortened to Ollie. However Olly and Oli are lovely too. I would go with Pasturesnew suggestion of naming him Oliver and letting him decide whether he wants to shorten it and if so what to shorten it too.

We have an Oliver and we never shorten his name, but I have been known to write Oli on things.

there's a bloke my hubby works with who spells it olie ... slightly pretentious imho ... but i prefer ollie over olly

The Olivers I know have shortened their names to Oli.

My youngest brother is Oliver but is an Olly.

Our Oliver chooses "Ollie" for a short version - though mostly he seems to stick with his full name except when he's playing football. I guess having less syllables is easier when you're shouting it across a football pitch.

Ollie, and I think it's a lovely name...

who knows?

One of DS2's best pals is Oliver, often known as Ollie, but I have never seen it written down.

Yes, most often shouted across the footie pitch

I know two Olivers - one is Ollie, the other is Olly. I believe the latter's dad is a big rugby fan and chose the spelling after Olly Barclay

Ollie, I read Olly as oily.

We have an Ollie. Occasionally an Ols.

(And I am a woolly liberal Guardian reader.)

Why do people plan nicknames?

Oliver is ok. Don't like contrived nicknames either. I'd stick with the name in its enterity.

I personally hate using the shortened version on a bc. It is very lower class where I live top do that.