Olivia

From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈlɪvi.ə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈlɪvi.ə/, /əˈlɪ.vi.ə/
• Hyphenation: O‧liv‧i‧a
• Rhymes: -ɪviə

Olivia

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act I, scene 1:

     O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence.

   • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield:

     I intended to call her after Aunt Grizel, but my wife who, during pregnancy, had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grizel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia, so that we had two romantic names in the family, but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it.

   • 1985, Maeve Binchy, Echoes, Arrow Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 404:

     ‘Olivia, that's a fine posh name for Castlebay,’ he said approvingly. ‘Ah, they're sick of these Davids and Clares and Gerrys, the dull old names,’ Clare laughed. ‘I hope they won't call her Olly,’ David said. ‘Make your own nickname then,’ Gerry said. ‘Livy?’ Clare suggested. ‘Liffey even?’ Gerry said.

2. A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.
3. An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.

By folk etymology, Olivia is sometimes used as the feminine form of Oliver and, in Scandinavia, of Olaf.

• Alivia, Olyvia (modern)

• Olive, Ollie, Liv, Livvy

Olivia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

Olivia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

• Liivi, Liivika

Olivia f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Olivia: Oliviuson
• daughter of Olivia: Oliviudóttir

From English Olivia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoliʋiɑ/, [ˈo̞liˌʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): O‧li‧vi‧a

Olivia

1. a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Olivia

• Olivia is the 123^rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,790 female individuals (and as a middle name to 16,700 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 9 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.li.vja/

Olivia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

• violai, voilai

Olivia f (genitive Olivias or Olivia)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

Borrowed from English Olivia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈolivi(j)a/, /-ifi-/

Olivia

1. a female given name from English, equivalent to English Olivia

   Olivia Lubis Jensen, b. 1993

Olivia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia or Olive

• Oliviero

• oliavi, olivai, vaioli, violai

Olivia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

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Olivia c (genitive Olivias)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia