Olin

Olin is both a surname and a masculine given name.

There are various meanings of the given name:

Middle English origin: From the word holly, the evergreen shrub or tree; (Middle English holi(n), Old English holegn).

Old Norse origin: diminutive form of the name Olaf and Ole (name) meaning "ancestor's heir" or "family's descendant"

Swedish: "to inherit"

Possible variation of the name "Olen", Russian for deer.

People

• Abram B. Olin, U.S. Representative from New York.
• Bob Olin, American boxer.
• Dave Olin, Democratic Farmer Labor Party, Minnesota House of Representatives.
• Elisabeth Olin, Swedish opera singer.
• Franklin W. Olin, founder of Olin Corporation.
• Gideon Olin, U.S. representative from Vermont.
• Henry Olin, U.S. Representative from Vermont.
• Jim Olin, U.S. Representative from Virginia.
• Johan Olin, Finnish Olympic wrestler.
• John M. Olin, Chairman of Olin Corporation.
• Ken Olin, actor, director and producer.
• Laurie Olin, landscape architect.
• Lena Olin, Swedish actress.
• Margareth Olin, Norwegian film director and producer.
• Nahum Olin, Mexican race car driver and team owner.
• Nelly Olin, French Minister of Environment.
• Spencer Truman Olin, American industrialist and philanthropist.
• Steve Olin, Major League Baseball player.
• Stig Olin, Swedish actor, singer, songwriter, director.
• Thomas F. Olin, Chairman of Archway Cookies, Incorporated.
• William M. Olin, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.
• Olin G. Bundy, Professor

Organizations

• Olin Corporation, a chemical corporation with a history of producing chemicals and ammunition
• F. W. Olin Foundation, a foundation endowed by Franklin W. Olin
• Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, an undergraduate engineering college in Massachusetts
• John M. Olin Foundation, a foundation endowed by John M. Olin
• Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis
• OLIN, American landscape architecture firm

Places

• Olin, Iowa, a small city in the United States
• Olin, Poland

Other uses

• Olin (name)
• Olin, a fictional character on the TV series General Hospital
• Olin Raschig process, an industrial process for manufacturing hydrazine
• Olin (spider), a spider genus in the family Trochanteriidae
• OLIN, a landscape architecture and urban design firm