Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin oliva, olive. Both Oliva and Olivia were Latinate forms in use in English-speaking countries as early as the 13th century. Olive was in common use as a vernacular form.[3] Though not invented by William Shakespeare, the name was popularized by a character in Twelfth Night.[4]
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Pronunciation | /oʊˈlɪviə/[1] |
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Gender | Feminine |
Language(s) | English |
Name day | April 15 (Sweden) June 10 (Italy) |
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Language(s) | Latin |
Meaning | olive, olive tree, "peace" |
Region of origin | Latin |
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Pet form(s) | Liv, Livi, Livvy, Ollie, Olly, Livia, Livy, Livvie, Livie, Livvi, Olz |
Related names | Oliva, Olive, Oliver |
Popularity | see popular names |
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Usage of the name in the 20th and 21st centuries has been influenced by popular culture, including the popularity of the actress Olivia Newton-John in the 1970s and of Olivia Kendall, a child character played by actress Raven-Symoné on the American television sitcom The Cosby Show. Olivia has been a popular name throughout the English-speaking world since the mid-1990s, and is also well used throughout Europe and South America.[5][6][7][8]
In 2022, in the United States, the name Olivia was given to 16,573 girls, ranking it as the most popular name.[9]
People
edit- Olivia of Palermo (448–463), Christian martyr
- Olivia Addams (born 1996), Romanian singer and songwriter
- Olivia Ahn, British medical doctor
- Olivia Alexander (born 1988), American actress
- Olivia Allison (born 1990), English swimmer
- Olivia Amoako (born 1985), Ghanaian footballer
- Olivia Anderson (born 1987), South African cricketer
- Olivia Apps (born 1998), Canadian rugby and sevens player
- Olivia Arthur (born 1980), British documentary photographer
- Olivia Asselin (born 2004), Canadian freestyle skier
- Olivia Athens (born 1998), American professional soccer player
- Olivia Attwood (born 1991), British TV personality
- Olivia Atwater, Canadian author
- Olivia Baker (weightlifter) (born 1979), New Zealand weightlifter
- Olivia Ball, Australian human rights advocate and politician
- Olivia Barash (born 1965), American actress
- Olivia Barclay (1919–2001), British astrologer
- Olivia Cajero Bedford (1938–2022), American politician
- Olivia Bee (born 1994), American photographer
- Olivia Bell (born 2003), English-born Scottish cricketer
- Olivia Bennet, Countess of Tankerville (1830–1922), British countess
- Olivia De Berardinis (born 1948), American painter
- Olivia Gallay Bertrand (born 1989), French alpine skier
- Olivia Blake (born 1990), British MP
- Olivia Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (born 1960), British political party executive
- Olivia Bonamy (born 1972), French actress
- Olivia Bonelli (1920–1990), American soprano
- Olivia Bonilla (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and actress
- Olivia Borlée (born 1986), Belgian sprinter
- Olivia Bowen (born 1993), English reality television personality and model
- Olivia Breen (born 1996), British Paralympian athlete
- Olivia Broadfield (born 1981), English singer-songwriter
- Olivia Broome, British para powerlifter
- Olivia Brown (born 1960), American actress
- Olivia Bucio (born 1954), Mexican actress
- Olivia Buckingham (born 1983), British socialite and journalist
- Olivia Buckley (1799–1847), English harpist, organist and composer
- Olivia Burges (died 1930), British scouting and guiding advocate
- Olivia Burnette (born 1977), American actress
- Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944), African American author
- Olivia Carlsson (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player
- Olivia Carnegie-Brown (born 1991), British rower
- Olivia Cattan (born 1967), French journalist
- Olivia Cenizal (1926–2008), Filipino film actress
- Olivia Center (born 2006), American tennis player
- Olivia Chambers (born 2003), American Paralympic swimmer
- Olivia Chance (born 1993), British footballer
- Olivia Chaney (born 1982), English folk singer
- Olivia Cheng (Hong Kong actress) (born 1960), Hong Kong actress
- Olivia Cheng (Canadian actress), Canadian actress and television journalist
- Olivia Choong (born 1979), environmental activist from Singapore
- Olivia Cîmpian (born 2001), Romanian-born Hungarian female artistic gymnast
- Olivia Chow (born 1957), Canadian politician
- Olivia Clark (born 2001), Welsh professional footballer
- Olivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1901), wife of Mark Twain
- Olivia Clyne (born 1993), American squash player
- Olivia Coffey (born 1989), American rower
- Olivia Cole (1942–2018), American actress
- Olivia Cole (poet) (born 1981), British poet
- Olivia Colman (born 1974), British actress
- Olivia Coolidge (1908–2006), American writer and educator
- Olivia Cooke (born 1993), English actress
- Olivia Côte, French actress
- Olivia Crocicchia (born 1995), American actress
- Olivia Culpo (born 1992), American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA and Miss Universe 2012
- Olivia Cummins (born 2003), American track and road cyclist
- Olivia d'Abo (born 1969), British actress, singer and songwriter
- Olivia Dahl (1955–1962), daughter of Roald Dahl
- Olivia A. Davidson (1854–1889), American teacher and educator
- Olivia Dean (born 1999), English singer
- Olivia Delcán (born 1992), Spanish actress, playwright and director
- Olivia Deeble (born 2002), Australian actress
- Olivia DeJonge (born 1998), Australian actress
- Olivia DeMerchant (born 1991), Canadian rugby union player
- Olivia Mariamne Devenish (1771–1814), British socialite
- Olivia De Berardinis (born 1948), American artist
- Olivia Taylor Dudley (born 1985), American actress
- Olivia Dunne (born 2002), American gymnast and internet personality
- Olivia Époupa (born 1994), French basketball player
- Olivia Féry born 1973), French former professional tennis player
- Olivia Foa'i, New Zealand musician
- Olivia Fotopoulou (born 1996), Cypriot track and field athlete
- Olivia Gant (2010–2017), American murder victim
- Olivia Goldsmith (1949–2004), American writer
- Olivia Grégoire (born 1978), French politician
- Olivia Gomez (born 1953), Bangladeshi actress
- Olivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (born 1992), British aristocrat and businesswoman
- Olivia Harlan (born 1993), American sportscaster
- Olivia Hamilton (born 1987), American actress and producer
- Olivia Harrison (born 1948), American author and film producer, widow of musician George Harrison of the Beatles
- Olivia Hallinan (born 1985), English actress
- Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020), British-American actress
- Olivia Hill, American politician and engineer
- Olivia Holdt (born 2001), Danish professional footballer
- Olivia Holt (born 1997), American actress
- Olivia Hooker (1915–2018), American psychologist
- Olivia Hussey (born 1951), British actress
- Olivia Hye (born Son Hye-ju, 2001), South Korean singer and dancer, member of the girl group Loona
- Olivia Jade (born 1999), American YouTuber
- Olivia Jean (born 1990), American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
- Olivia Jordan (born 1988), American beauty pageant titleholder
- Olivia Judson (born 1970), British biologist
- Olivia Junkeer (born 1999), Australian actress
- Olivia Laing (born 1977), British writer, novelist and cultural critic
- Olivia Levicki (born 1993), Australian rules footballer and basketball player
- Olivia Liang (born 1993), American actress
- Olivia Llewellyn (born 1980), English actress,
- Olivia Theresa Longott (born 1981), American R&B singer
- Olivia Lozano (born 1959), Venezuelan politician
- Olivia Lufkin (born 1979), Japanese-American singer known mononymously as Olivia
- Olivia Lunny (born 1999), Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
- Olivia Lux (born 1994), American drag performer
- Olivia Manning (1908–1980), British writer
- Olivia McTaggart (born 2000), New Zealand pole vault athlete
- Olivia Merilahti (born 1982), Finnish-French singer and composer
- Olivia Morris (born 1997), English actress
- Olivia Munn (born 1980), American actress
- Olivia Nash (born 1943), Irish actress and performer
- Olivia Newman, American film director and screenwriter
- Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022), English-born Australian singer and actress
- Olivia Nicholls (born 1994), British tennis player
- Olivia Nordgren (1880–1969), Swedish politician
- Olivia Norris (born 1983), German javelin thrower
- Olivia Nuzzi (born 1993), American political journalist
- Olivia O'Brien (born 1999), American singer and songwriter
- Olivia O'Leary (born 1949), Irish journalist
- Olivia O'Toole (born 1971), Irish association footballer
- Olivia Olson (born 1992), American actress and singer
- Olivia Ong (born 1985), Singaporean singer
- Olivia Pascal (born 1957), German actress
- Olivia Potts, British food writer and caterer
- Olivia Poulet (born 1978), English actress and screenwriter
- Olivia Reeves (born 2003), American weightlifter
- Olivia Rodrigo (born 2003), American actress and singer
- Olivia Rouamba, Burkina Faso politician
- Olivia Ruiz (born 1980), French singer
- Olivia Sandoval, American actress
- Olivia Sage or Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918), American philanthropist
- Olivia Shakespear (1863–1938), British novelist, playwright, and patron of the arts
- Olivia Tennet (born 1991), New Zealand actress
- Olivia Thirlby (born 1986), American actress
- Olivia Trappeniers (born 1997), Belgian Flemish singer, also known as OT and by the mononym Olivia
- Olivia Troye (born 1976), American national security official
- Olivia Ulenius (born 2007), Finnish footballer
- Olivia Vinten (born 1999), Danish fashion model
- Olivia Van der Jagt (born 1999), American professional soccer player
- Olivia Vieweg (born 1987), German cartoonist and author
- Olivia Vinall (born 1988/1989), English actress
- Olivia Vivian (born 1989), Australian artistic gymnast
- Olivia Washington (born 1991), American actress
- Olivia Wayne (born 1986), British sports journalist and television presenter
- Olivia Weaver (born 1995), American professional squash player
- Olivia Scott Welch, American actress
- Olivia Wensley (born 1985), New Zealand lawyer
- Olivia Wilde (born 1984), American actress
- Olivia Wingate (born 2000), American soccer player
- Olivia Williams (born 1968), English actress
- Olivia Yli-Juuti (born 2001), Finnish aesthetic group gymnast
- Olivia Zemor (born 1948), French political activist
- Olivia Zúñiga (1916–1992), Mexican poet, novelist, and essayist
Fictional characters with the name
edit- Olivia (Twelfth Night), in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
- Olivia (The Walking Dead), in the comic book and TV franchise
- Olivia, in Fire Emblem Awakening
- Olivia, in Minecraft: Story Mode
- Olivia, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Olivia (fictional pig), protagonist of children's books by Ian Falconer and the television show Olivia The Pig
- Olivia, from Pokémon Sun and Moon
- Olivia, from the animated series Oggy and the Cockroaches
- Olivia (Asobi Asobase), in the manga series Asobi Asobase
- Olivia, from the toy line Lego Friends
- Olivia, King Olly's sister in Paper Mario: The Origami King
- Lady Olivia, from the American animated fantasy series Amphibia
- Olivia Adler, main character in "Small Spaces" – first in the book series trilogy "Small Spaces" by Katherine Arden
- Olivia Baker, in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Olivia Bell, in the television series, Neighbours
- Olivia Barber Winters, on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Olivia Benford, on FlashForward, played by Sonya Walger
- Olivia Benson, on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Mariska Hargitay
- Olivia Burke, in the television series Gossip Girl
- Olivia Caliban, from A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Olivia Castle, from the horror movie Final Destination 5
- Olivia Cortez, a character in the American thriller television series Mr. Robot
- Olivia Davidson, from the Sweet Valley High book series
- Olivia Dunham, in the television series Fringe
- Olivia Falconeri, from the long-running American soap opera General Hospital
- Olivia Flaversham, from the 1986 Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective
- Olivia Fuller, from Family Guy
- Olivia Harper, in the American comedy-drama Grey's Anatomy
- Olivia Johnson, from Hollyoaks
- Olivia Kidney, in the Olivia Kidney book series by Ellen Potter
- Olivia Lawrence, from the Video Senshi Laserion anime TV series
- Olivia Mann, in video game Team Fortress 2
- Olivia Marquont, a recurring character in the American comedy-drama television series Gilmore Girls
- Olivia Pope, in the television series Scandal
- Olivia Richards, from the American soap opera Sunset Beach
- Olivia Robinson, played by Alaina Reed on the long-running children's series Sesame Street
- Olivia Simpkins, in the 2006 romantic comedy The Holiday played by Emma Pritchard
- Olivia Spencer, from the long-running American soap opera Guiding Light
- Olivia Walton, in the television series The Waltons
- Olivia Webster, Oscar Webster's daughter in the Violet Evergarden anime series
- Olivia White, in Lemonade Mouth
References
edit- ^ "Olivia". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ Olivia – Meaning and origin of the name Olivia
- ^ Uckelman, Sara L. (September 2019) [7-3], "Names Shakespeare Didn't Invent: Imogen, Olivia, and Viola Revisited", Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 67 (3): 153–159
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- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 210, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
- ^ Cassell, Amy (November 1, 2021). "Most popular baby names of 2021". babycenter. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "REVEALED: The top Aussie baby names for 2021". 7NEWS. May 12, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Olivia".
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