Olivia

Where Olivia comes from

From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
— Wiktionary's entry for Olivia
  • Latin
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Olivia through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #233 among girls, with 44 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1916
    Olivia de Havilland born
    British actress
  3. 1984
    Olivia Wilde born
    American actress and film director
  4. 2019
    Peak, #1
    18,577 babies named Olivia, its best rank.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Olivia de Havilland · British actress, 1916–2020
  • Olivia Wilde · American actress and film director, born 1984
  • Olivia Newton-John · British–Australian singer, 1948–2022
  • Olivia Colman · British actress, born 1974
  • Olivia Hussey · British actress, 1951–2024

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.