Olivia (name)
| Olivia | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈlɪviə/[1] |
| Gender | Feminine |
| Language(s) | English |
| Name day | August 31 |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | English, Latin |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Derivation | Olive |
| Meaning | olive tree |
| Other names | |
| See also | Olive, Oliver, Livia, Liv, Livi |
Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin oliva "olive". The name was first popularised by William Shakespeare's character in the Twelfth Night, but in fact the name occurs in England as early as the thirteenth century.[2]
Olivia has been a popular name throughout the English-speaking world since the mid-1990s, and has been one of the most popular given names for baby girls in the UK for much of that time.[3] In 2013, it was the third- most popular name for girls in Australia.[4] Olivia was the second-most popular name in the United States in 2017. Since 2014, Olivia has been the most popular given name to baby girls in the UK for four consecutive years running.[5]
People
- Oliva of Brescia (died 138), Christian martyr
- Olivia of Palermo (448-463), Christian martyr
- Olivia (singer) (born 1981), American singer, born Olivia Longott
- Olivia Alexander (born 1988), American actress
- Olivia Allison (born 1990), English swimmer
- Olivia Amoako (born 1985), Ghanian footballer
- Olivia Arthur (born 1980), British documentary photographer
- Olivia Baker (born 1979), New Zealand weightlifter
- Olivia Barash (born 1965), American actress
- Olivia Barclay (1919-2001), British astrologer
- Olivia Cajero Bedford, American politician
- Olivia Bee (born 1994), American photographer
- Olivia Bennet, Countess of Tankerville, (1830–1922)
- Olivia De Berardinis (born 1948), American painter
- Olivia Bertrand (born 1989), French alpine skier
- Olivia Blatchford (born 1993), American squash player
- Olivia Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (born 1960)
- Olivia Bonamy (born 1972), French actress
- Olivia Bonelli (1920-1990), Soprano
- Olivia Bonilla (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and actress
- Olivia Borlée (born 1986), Belgian sprinter
- Olivia Breen (born 1996), British Paralympian athlete
- Olivia Broadfield (born 1981), English singer-songwriter
- Olivia Brown (born 1960), American actress
- Olivia Bucio (born 1954), Mexican actress
- Olivia Buckland (born 1993), English reality television personality and model
- Olivia Buckley (1799–1847), English harpist, organist and composer
- Olivia Burges (died 1930), Secretary to the Girl Guides
- Olivia Burnette (born 1977), American actress
- Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869-1944), African American author
- Olivia Carey (born 1988), Mauritian Beauty pageant
- 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 Chance (born 1993), British footballer
- Olivia Chaney (born 1982), English folk singer
- Olivia Cheng (born 1960), Hong Kong actress
- Olivia Cheng (Canadian actress)
- 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 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 1994), English actress
- Olivia Côte, French actress
- Olivia Crocicchia (born 1995), American actress
- Olivia Culpo (born 1992), American beauty pageant titleholder
- Olivia d'Abo (born 1969), British actress, singer and songwriter
- Olivia DeJonge (born 1998), Australian actress
- Olivia Del Rio (born 1969), Brazilian former pornographic actress, escort, and webcam mode;
- Olivia DeMerchant (born 1991), Canadian rugby union player
- Olivia Mariamne Devenish (1771–1814), British socialite
- Olivia De Berardinis (born 1948), American artist
- Olivia Goldsmith (1949–2004), American writer
- Olivia Harrison (born 1948), widow of musician George Harrison
- Olivia Hallinan (born 1985), English actress
- Olivia de Havilland (born 1916), American actress
- Olivia Holt (born 1997), American actress
- Olivia Hussey (born 1951), British actress
- Olivia Jordan (born 1988), American beauty pageant titleholder
- Olivia Judson (born 1970), British biologist
- Olivia Lufkin (born 1979), Japanese singer
- Olivia Manning (1908–1980), British writer
- Olivia Alaina May (born 1985), American actress
- Olivia McTaggart (born 2000), pole vault athlete from New Zealand
- Olivia Munn (born 1980), American actress
- Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), Australian singer and actress
- Olivia Nordgren (1880–1969), Swedish politician
- Olivia Nuzzi (born 1993), political journalist
- Olivia O'Leary (born 1949), Irish journalist
- Olivia Olson (born 1992), American actress and singer
- Olivia Ong (born 1985), Singaporean singer
- Olivia Ruiz (born 1980), French singer
- Olivia Tennet (born 1991), New Zealand actress
- Olivia Thirlby (born 1986), American actress
- Olivia Ward Bush (1869–1944), American writer
- Olivia Wayne (born 1986), British sports journalist and television presenter
- Olivia Wilde (born 1984), American actress
- Olivia Williams (born 1968), English actress
Fiction
- Olivia, minor character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Olivia, protagonist of several children's books by Ian Falconer
- Olivia, character from Pokémon Sun and Moon
- Olivia, character in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
- Olivia Benford, character on FlashForward, played by Sonya Walger
- Olivia Benson, character on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Mariska Hargitay
- Olivia Blake, character from the American soap opera Sunset Beach
- Olivia Burke, character in the television series "Gossip Girl"
- Olivia Caliban from A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Olivia Castle, character from the horror movie Final Destination 5
- Olivia Dunham, character in the television series Fringe
- Olivia Falconeri, character from the long-running American soap opera General Hospital
- Olivia Fuller, character from Family Guy
- Olivia Harper, nurse in the American comedy-drama Grey's Anatomy
- Olivia Kidney, main character in Olivia Kidney (book series by Ellen Potter)
- Olivia Lawrence, from the Video Senshi Laserion anime TV series
- Olivia Pope, a character in the hit TV show Scandal
- Olivia Robinson, character played by Alaina Reed on the long-running children's series Sesame Street
- Olivia Spencer, character from the long-running American soap opera Guiding Light
- Olivia Barber Winters, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
Olivia Morris from horror movie Scream 4 stylised as Scre4m
References
- ↑ "Olivia". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
- ↑ Rotulorum Originalum in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio, volume 1: Temporibus Regum Hen. III, Ed. I, and Ed. II. Printed by Command of His Majesty King George III, 1805. p. 95b.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot. April 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ↑ https://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2017.htm
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