What does Olivia mean?

Olivia means "olive tree"

How do we pronounce Olivia?

Olivia \o-li-via, ol-iv-ia\ is a female's name. It consists of 6 letters and 4 syllables.

The baby girl name Olivia is pronounced as ahLIHViyah (English) or owLIYViyaa (German) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Olivia: AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"

What is the origin of Olivia?

Olivia is an English, German, and Italian name of Latin origin. The form Olivia was first used by Shakespeare as the name of the countess in his comedy Twelfth Night (1601). Other than basing the name on the Latin 'olivarius' (olive tree), he could also have directly coined the name as a feminine form of name Oliver origin, or else from the medieval name Oliva, which was borne by Saint Oliva (-138), who was martyred under Hadrian. Olivia is a widely used name; it has 42 variations that are used in both English and other languages. English variations of Olivia consist of name Alivah, Alivia name variations (used in Latin too), name Alyvia, Livrie name variations, baby name Nola, meaning of Nollie, Oilbhe meaning of name, what does the name Oleta mean, Olevia meaning and origin, name Olia, baby name Olida, nicknames for Oliff, what does the name Oliffe mean, Olive name popularity (used in French too), Olivee meaning of name, what does the name Oliveea mean, baby name Oliveia, nicknames for Oliveria, short names for Olivet, baby name Olivetta, Olivette name popularity, baby name Olivey, short names for Olivi, Oliviah name popularity, Olivianne meaning and origin, Olivie definition, Olivija meaning, Olivine name popularity, name Olivy, Olivya definition, baby name Oliwa, name Olva origin, and what does the name Olyvia mean. Other English forms consist of the diminutives baby name Liv (used in Latin too), Livia meaning of name (used in Hebrew too), name Livie, name Livvy origin, and name Ollie meaning, and the spelling variant what does the name Olivea mean. Oliva meaning of name (Italian), short names for Oliwia (Hawaiian), and name Oliwja (Polish) are variations of the name that are used in other languages. Olivia is very popular as a baby girl name, and it regarded as trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1970s. At the recent peak of its usage in 2010, 0.869% of baby girls were named Olivia. It had a ranking of #4 then. Out of all girl names in its family, Olivia was the most popular in 2010. Olivia was 10 times more widely used than the next most popular name, Alivia meaning of name, in that year.

A famous person named Olivia is Olivia De Havilland, Actress, born 1 July 1916, Tokyo, Japan.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Olivia:

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The baby name Olivia fun facts:

The name Olivia in reverse order is "Aivilo".

The numerological value of the name Olivia is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Olivia?

Olivia is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20141.11%
20131.05%
20120.99%
20110.99%
20100.96%
20090.95%
20080.90%
20070.86%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames