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Olivia
Pronunciation
[1] Gender Feminine Language(s)
English
Name day April 15 (
Sweden )
May 29 (
Finland ) (
Greece )
June 10 (
Italy ) Language(s) Latin Meaning olive , olive tree , "peace"
Pet form (s) Liv, Livi, Livvy, Ollie, Olly, Livia, Livy, Livvie, Livie, Livvi, Olz Related names Oliva,
Olive ,
Oliver
Olivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1904), wife of the American author
Mark Twain , in 1869
English and American actress
Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020), in 1938
English actress
Olivia Hussey in 1974
Australian actress
Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022), in 1978
American singer-songwriter
Olivia Rodrigo in 2021
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.
[2] Though not invented by
William Shakespeare , the name was popularized by a character in
Twelfth Night .
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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.
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In 2022, in the United States, the name Olivia was given to 16,573 girls, ranking it as the most popular name.
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People
Olivia of Palermo (448–463), Christian martyr
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 Arthur (born 1980), British documentary photographer
Olivia Attwood (born 1991), British TV personality
Olivia Baker (weightlifter) (born 1979), New Zealand weightlifter
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 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 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 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 d'Abo (born 1969), British actress, singer and songwriter
Olivia Dean (born 1999), English singer
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 Dunne (born 2002), American gymnast and internet personality
Olivia Féry born 1973), French former professional tennis player
Olivia Gant (2010–2017), American murder victim
Olivia Goldsmith (1949–2004), American writer
Olivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (born 1992), British aristocrat and businesswoman
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 Holt (born 1997), American actress
Olivia Hooker (1915–2018), American psychologist
Olivia Hussey (born 1951), British actress
Olivia Hye [
ko ] (born Son Hye-ju, 2001), South Korean singer and dancer, member of the girl group
Loona
Olivia Jordan (born 1988), American beauty pageant titleholder
Olivia Judson (born 1970), British biologist
Olivia Liang (born 1993), American actress
Olivia Lozano (born 1959), Venezuelan politician
Olivia Lufkin (born 1979), Japanese-American singer known mononymously as Olivia
Olivia Manning (1908–1980), British writer
Olivia McTaggart (born 2000), New Zealand pole vault athlete
Olivia Munn (born 1980), American actress
Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022), English-born Australian singer and actress
Olivia Nordgren (1880–1969), Swedish politician
Olivia Nuzzi (born 1993), American political journalist
Olivia O'Leary (born 1949), Irish journalist
Olivia Olson (born 1992), American actress and singer
Olivia Ong (born 1985), Singaporean singer
Olivia Reeves (born 2003), American weightlifter
Olivia Rodrigo (born 2003), American actress and singer
Olivia Ruiz (born 1980), French singer
Olivia Sage or
Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918), American philanthropist
Olivia Tennet (born 1991), New Zealand actress
Olivia Trappeniers (born 1997), Belgian Flemish singer, also known as OT and by the mononym Olivia
Olivia Thirlby (born 1986), American actress
Olivia Ulenius (born 2007), Finnish footballer
Olivia Wayne (born 1986), British sports journalist and television presenter
Olivia Wensley (born 1985), New Zealand lawyer
Olivia Wilde (born 1984), American actress
Olivia Williams (born 1968), English actress
Fictional characters with the name
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 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 Webster, Oscar Webster's daughter in the
Violet Evergarden anime series
Olivia White, in
Lemonade Mouth
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"Olivia" .
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^ 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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^ Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio . Vol. 1: Temporibus Regum Hen. III (1, 2 ed.). Command of His Majesty King George III. 1805. p. 95b.
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Hanks, Patrick ; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names , Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.),
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"Most popular baby names of 2021" .
babycenter . Retrieved March 24, 2022 .
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"REVEALED: The top Aussie baby names for 2021" . 7NEWS . May 12, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2022 .
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"Popular Names in 2022 – USA" . Baby Names . Retrieved April 10, 2024 .