Tolliver

English occupational name

"metalworker"

Tolliver Origin and Meaning

The name Tolliver is a boy's name of English origin meaning "metalworker".

If you're tired of Oliver, you might consider this energetic three-syllable surname instead, so you could have a little Tolly instead of an Ollie.

Tolliver is a not-too-obvious occupational Scottish surname dating back to the time of armor makers. Heard much more often as a surname, there have been Tollivers in soap operas like General Hospital and Cy Tolliver was a character on Deadwood; in real life, Melba Tolliver is a barrier-breaking African-American TV journalist.

Popularity of the name Tolliver

• 1614 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Tolliver

• Taliaferro "Toliver" Craig American frontiersman and militia officer

The name Tolliver in Pop Culture

• Tolliver Tynan character from movie "What The Deaf Man Heard"
• Tolliver Humphries character mentioned on TV's "True Blood"
• Tolliver Groat character in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series
• Mister Tolliver aka Genesis aka Tyler Dayspring character in Marvel's X,Force comics
• Oliver Tolliver dog character in Mary Ann Hoberman's children's book "One of Each"
• Cy Tolliver character in "Deadwood"
• Francis Tolliver narrator from the song 'Christmas in the Trenches