Given name & surname
Oline
“one who is joyous”·“filled with happiness”·“one who is alert; watchful”
In Norwegian use, Oline has a related form in Olina. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is joyous.” In Norwegian use, Oline has a related form in Olin. One English interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Norwegian use, Oline has a related form in Olina. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is joyous.” In Norwegian use, Oline has a related form in Olin. One English interpretation is “filled with happiness.” In Danish use, Oline is a feminine form of Ole. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is alert; watchful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Norwegian use, Oline has a related form in Olina. An origin associated with Olina is Hawaiian. In Norwegian use, Oline has a related form in Olin. An origin associated with Olin is English. In Danish use, Oline is a feminine form of Ole. An origin associated with Ole is Scandinavian.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Danish usage, Oline is a feminine form of Ole.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 377
- 0 boys · 377 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1945. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 126 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Oline’s family of names
In Danish usage, Oline is a feminine form of Ole. In Norwegian usage, Oline has a related form in Olin. In Norwegian usage, Oline has a related form in Olina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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