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Olivia
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Olívia
English
Etymology
en :der la:Olīva<ety:der<la:olīva>> ++
From en la Olīva, an early saints’ name from la olīva olive; olive branch. First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Pronunciation
en /əʊˈlɪvi.ə/ UK
en /oʊˈlɪvi.ə/ /əˈlɪ.vi.ə/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Olivia.wav Southern England
en O liv i a
en ɪviə 4
Proper noun
~
en female Latin.
en 1601 w:William Shakespeare Twelfth Night act I, scene 1 O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence.
en 1766 w:Oliver Goldsmith The Vicar of Wakefield I intended to call her after Aunt Grizel, but my wife who, during pregnancy, had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grizel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia, so that we had two romantic names in the family, but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it.
en 1985 w:Maeve Binchy Echoes Arrow Books 2006 978-0099498650 404 ‘Olivia, that's a fine posh name for Castlebay,’ he said approvingly. ‘Ah, they're sick of these Davids and Clares and Gerrys, the dull old names,’ Clare laughed. ‘I hope they won't call her Olly,’ David said. ‘Make your own nickname then,’ Gerry said. ‘Livy?’ Clare suggested. ‘Liffey even?’ Gerry said.
en Liam Reilly and Hadas Gold Olivia Nuzzi is out at New York magazine over undisclosed relationship with RFK w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/media/olivia-nuzzi-new-york-magazine-rfk-exit/index.html 2024-10-21 Olivia Nuzzi has parted ways with New York magazine, the publication said Monday, after the star Washington correspondent was placed on leave last month over a previously undisclosed “personal relationship” with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. https://web.archive.org/web/20251208063215/https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/media/olivia-nuzzi-new-york-magazine-rfk-exit/index.html 8 December 2025
en city/county seat co/Renville County s/Minnesota c/US named for a female station agent named Olive.
en unincorporated community s/North Carolina c/US ; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.
Usage notes
By folk etymology, Olivia is sometimes used as the feminine form of Olivio.
Alternative forms
en Alivia Olyvia modern
Derived terms
en Olitz Olivia Neutron-Bomb en Olive, en Ollie, en Liv, en Livvy
Translations
female given name
Bulgarian: bg Оли́вия f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 奧利維婭 Àolìwéiyà
Czech: cs Olivie f, cs Olivia f
Danish: da Olivia
Estonian: et Olivia
Finnish: fi Olivia
French: fr Olivia f, fr Olive f
German: de Olivia f
Greek: el Ολίβια f
Hungarian: hu Olívia
Italian: it Olivia f
Japanese: ja オリビア Oribia
Korean: ko ^올리비아
Marathi: mr ओलिव्हिया f
Norwegian: no Olivia
Persian: fa اولیویا oliviyâ
Polish: pl Oliwia f
Portuguese: pt Olívia f
Romanian: ro Olivia f
Russian: ru Оли́вия f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Оливија f
Latin: sh Olivija f
Slovak: sk Olívia f
Slovene: sl Olivija f
Spanish: es Olivia f
Swedish: sv Olivia
Tamil: ta ஒலிவியா, ta ஒலீவியா
Ukrainian: uk Олі́вія f
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Olivia
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female Olivia
Related terms
et Liivi, et Liivika
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Oliviuson Oliviudóttir
Declension
Olivia Oliviu Oliviu Oliviu
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en Olivia. Can be considered a feminine form of fi Oliver.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female modern Olivia
Declension
sg Olivi a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 6553 18306 117
References
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female Olivia
Anagrams
fr violai, fr voilai
German
Proper noun
de proper noun f genitive Olivias or Olivia
de female Olivia
Indonesian
Etymology
id en Olivia.
Pronunciation
id /ˈolivi(j)a/ /-ifi-/
Proper noun
id female English Olivia
Olivia Jensen Olivia Lubis Jensen id, b. 1993
Italian
Proper noun
f
it female Olivia,Olive
Related terms
it Oliviero
Anagrams
it aiilov oliavi olivai vaioli violai
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female Olivia
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Olivia.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Olivia