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Olivia

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Meaning and origin
Olivia is a Latin girl name. The meaning of the name is `Peace - of the olive tree `.

Where is it used?
The name Olivia is mainly used in English.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Olivier (In French)
Olyvia (In English)

If it's too long people might use
In English: Ollie
In English: Livia

For the opposite sex use:
In English: Oliver (M)

See also
In English: Noll (M)
In Other languages: Livvy (F)

What Olivia`s say about their name

The best thing about the name Olivia:
I think it's unique
The worst thing about the name:
hmm...don't know, my name is awesome
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
I thin Neveah is cool,it's heaven spelled backwards!
Extra information:
I'm in middle school, so my friends call me stuff like olive tasting liver & liver tasting olive...
The best thing about the name Olivia:
I don't know many others called Olivia. :)
The worst thing about the name:
Waaaayy too many nicknames! Plus it's very popular now, i want to be unique! :(
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
I would have been called Scarlet. :)
Extra information:
I want to find people from the 1900's called Olivia and see what they were like. :)
The best thing about the name Olivia:
All the funny and cool nick-names you get =D
The worst thing about the name:
Probably my intinals which are OW
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
It would have been Harley, which is now my middle name. i like it to.
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Olivia:
It's really pretty when written in cursive
The worst thing about the name:
It surprisingly gets misspelled a lot, and some of the nicknames aren't fun to be called
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
I was going to be Isabella, which i also love.
Extra information:
I love being called Olive. It's become what everyone calls me, because it's simple and a fun name.
The best thing about the name Olivia:
That I share the name with a lesbian cruise.
The worst thing about the name:
It's too girly for me, to be honest.
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
There wasn't any other name my parents had in mind. My dad use to joke around saying that if I were born a boy my name would have been Thor.
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Olivia:
nobody else has the name
The worst thing about the name:
when boys call me name there always like oooooollllliiiiivvvvvviiiiiaaaaa
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
its would be paulena that name is harable
Extra information:
all my nicknames are liv livy liver olive oliver ollie and a lot of other things
The best thing about the name Olivia:
very classy
The worst thing about the name:
it's becoming more common
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
i'd be named jenna
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Olivia:
Nobody forgets an Olivia.:)
The worst thing about the name:
You get WAY too many nick names!
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
It would be megan. =/
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Olivia:
is that no one in my school has it
The worst thing about the name:
is when people pick on me
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
then i would have been named cassie or something lol
Extra information:
i like my name cuz no one has it in my school and it is very special and unique and none of my friends know any other olivia
The best thing about the name Olivia:
the interesting nicknames i get
The worst thing about the name:
being young and having to spell it with two i's
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
i wouldn't want to be called anything else
Extra information:
its a classy name anyone who has it should have class!
The best thing about the name Olivia:
It's very pretty & I'm the only one in my school
The worst thing about the name:
It's now been voted the no.1 girls name in uk
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
I was to be Liliana, but i am an Olivia
Extra information:
The best thing about the name Olivia:
Its Beautiful even the nickname 'Liver'
The worst thing about the name:
nothin
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:

Extra information:
The best thing about the name Olivia:
the special meaning of olive tree. Olive tree symbolizes wisdom and fertility
The worst thing about the name:
it is being more and more used
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
I can't even think about it/ I love this name
Extra information:
Olivias must be grateful for their name
The best thing about the name Olivia:
that it means olive tree and i love olives
The worst thing about the name:
my little sister calles me wivvy and i think its so anoying
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
omg i wouldnt be me
Extra information:
my friends call me liv and i love that nick-name
The best thing about the name Olivia:
When I was born it was very original. It is quite soft and feminine sounding too.
The worst thing about the name:
It is really overused now, and dare I say it, its become a bit chavvy.
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
I would have been Antonia or Eloise.
Extra information:
They do not pronounce it Olivier in french, that is just the male version of the name. I live here and it is still pronounced Olivia.
The best thing about the name Olivia:
it WAS a unique name.
The worst thing about the name:
it WAS a unique name. and getting called olive and oliver and olive tree is yes, highly annoying.
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
umm. i don't think so?
Extra information:
this name sucks now. im changing it!
The best thing about the name Olivia:
cause it starts with o
The worst thing about the name:
two i's in my name
If my name wasn`t Olivia....:
no
Extra information:

More `Olivia` links
Olivia as abbreviation
Actors named Olivia
Olivia in the encyclopedia

Statistics for Olivia

Olivia appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 7. In the last 128 years Olivia has occupied a spot in the top 1000 without interruptions. The name reached the top-100 18 times and reached the top-10 5 times. 2004 was a `top year` for the name Olivia. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #4. Our records go back to 1880

Year	Rank	Rank
2007	7
2006	7
2005	5
2004	4
2003	5
2002	10
2001	10
2000	16
1999	20
1998	21
1997	27
1996	34
1995	39
1994	50
1993	50
1992	58
1991	61
1990	72
1980	231
1970	542
1960	442
1950	277
1940	267
1930	327
1920	287
1910	266
1900	251
1890	271
1880	235

See also the US top 1000 names 2007

Add comments on `Olivia`

Comments on Olivia

oli
that is crap!
olivia
my name is olivia and i cannot stand being called Ollie of Olive. I have to be called Olivia or Liv. It's a good name because i don't know many people with it. I'm unique.
Olivia
Peolple call me Livie-Lou or Livie.
Grim
my best friend is called olivia but i always miss out the second i :)
Tamara
I need a Girl name that goes well with my sons name Dawson
Amber
And If we have a girl it will be Olivia Ann. I love the name :)
olivia
if i wasnt called olivia i would of being grace but i love the name olivia!!
olivia
i think that olivia as a name is so cool and evryone whos name is olivia 'you rock' i can tell it.
Mandy
I'm giving it to my daughter as a middle name, Tawny Olivia, because it has just gotten way to popular and overused.
susan
i agree
Livia
My little girl is just Livia, we call her Liv, or Livy. :)
Olivia
I was named after my great grandma marie. Her name was marie olivia. I have a LOT of different nic-names; Olie,Oli,Olive,Livy,Liv,yah yah and butterballs. lmao
Olivia
i luv my name
Shelby
I named my daughter Olivia because she felt like one when i was pregnant with her, and sure enough, shes just that. I love the name!
Felicia
I am having a little girl and her name is gonna be Olivia Elaine...I love the name Olivia
Caleigh
my best friend is an olivia it really suits her plus she has an olive tree in her backyard.
Olivia
i love my name! Its lucky.Evening if im 9 yers old
Stefanie
My husband named our baby girl Alyvia. Everyone thinks it's Olivia until they see the way it's spelled. I love the name and the way he spelled it. We call her Livy, Liv or Aly! :0)
Olivia
I hate being called olive,, heres a funny one for all you olivias- liver, have you ever been called that? I have!

Only for Olivias!