Remember if you are talking about Scotland there was the "Auld Alliance" between Scotland and France against the English. There are quite a few Olivers in the north of England. John On 17-Sep-09, at 9:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Other derivations that I have heard suggested for the name Oliver > are: Olivier (of French origins) and Olaf (of Scandinavian > origins). Not sure how the French would tie into the British Isles,