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Olivia name meaning

“olive (possibly)”

Letters
6
Syllables
4
First letter
O
Origin
Latin
Category
Western Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2010s: 8.1%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s8.1%

Meaning natureLatin origin

Olivia is a girl's name that probably derives from Latin oliva, 'olive'.

What does Olivia mean?

Olive (possibly)

In Malay: zaitun (kemungkinan)

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Sources (1)

About the name Olivia

Olivia may derive from Latin oliva, 'olive', or be a variant of Oliva or Oliver; its origin is uncertain. Shakespeare used it for a character in Twelfth Night. JPN records show it peaking in the 2010s with 888 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginLatin
SyllablesO-li-vi-a

Olivia in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
Girl: 888 · 8.1%
People registered with Olivia as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Olivia · behindthename.com · meaning

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