Baby Name: Olivia

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Olivia
ORIGIN

English

MEANING

Olive tree

William Shakespeare is credited with inventing the name for the rich heiress wooed by a duke in his play, "Twelfth Night" possibly taken from the Latin word "oliva" which means "olive." The name was influenced during the 1970s by Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John and first entered the top 100 in 1990.

VARIATIONS

Oliver 

ALTERNATIVES

Alivia  Olivya  Olivea 

NICKNAMES

Liva  Olia  Ollie  Livie  Olva  Livia  Liv 

FAMOUS Olivias

Olivia de Havilland (actress) 

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Comments Comments ( 3 )
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periwinklestar_omarevalo wrote:

my name is Olivia Marie. i like that it is a unique name..!!!!

11/3/2009 02:09:40 PM Report Abuse
angel_madi wrote:

My niece's name is Olyvia-nickname is Lyvie!

10/27/2009 06:04:59 PM Report Abuse
Genuine0221 wrote:

This is my daughter's name! When I chose Olivia, I replaced the O with and A and loved how the spelling looked. Beautiful name with a unique spelling!

10/16/2009 04:12:21 PM Report Abuse

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