Olivia (name) explained

Olivia
Gender:	Feminine
Language:	English
Language origin:	Latin
Nameday:	April 15 (Sweden) May 29 (Finland) (Greece)June 10 (Italy)
Meaning:	olive, olive tree, "peace"
Petname:	Liv, Livi, Livvy, Ollie, Olly, Livia, Livy, Livvie, Livie, Livvi, Olz
Related Names:	Oliva, Olive, Oliver

Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin oliva, olive. Both Oliva and Olivia were Latinate forms in use in English-speaking countries as early as the 13th century. Olive was in common use as a vernacular form. Though not invented by William Shakespeare, the name was popularized by a character in Twelfth Night.^[1]

Usage of the name in the 20th and 21st centuries has been influenced by popular culture, including the popularity of the actress Olivia Newton-John in the 1970s and of Olivia Kendall, a child character played by actress Raven-Symoné on the American television sitcom The Cosby Show. Olivia has been a popular name throughout the English-speaking world since the mid-1990s, and is also well used throughout Europe and South America.^{[2] [3] [4]}

In 2022, in the United States, the name Olivia was given to 16,573 girls, ranking it as the most popular name.^[5]

People

• Olivia of Palermo (448–463), Christian martyr
• Olivia Addams (born 1996), Romanian singer and songwriter
• Olivia Ahn, British medical doctor
• Olivia Alexander (born 1988), American actress
• Olivia Allison (born 1990), English swimmer
• Olivia Amoako (born 1985), Ghanaian footballer
• Olivia Anderson (born 1987), South African cricketer
• Olivia Apps (born 1998), Canadian rugby and sevens player
• Olivia Arthur (born 1980), British documentary photographer
• Olivia Asselin (born 2004), Canadian freestyle skier
• Olivia Athens (born 1998), American professional soccer player
• Olivia Attwood (born 1991), British TV personality
• Olivia Atwater, Canadian author
• Olivia Baker (weightlifter) (born 1979), New Zealand weightlifter
• Olivia Ball, Australian human rights advocate and politician
• Olivia Barash (born 1965), American actress
• Olivia Barclay (1919–2001), British astrologer
• Olivia Cajero Bedford (1938–2022), American politician
• Olivia Bee (born 1994), American photographer
• Olivia Bell (born 2003), English-born Scottish cricketer
• Olivia Bennet, Countess of Tankerville (1830–1922), British countess
• Olivia De Berardinis (born 1948), American painter
• Olivia Gallay Bertrand (born 1989), French alpine skier
• Olivia Blake (born 1990), British MP
• Olivia Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (born 1960), British political party executive
• Olivia Bonamy (born 1972), French actress
• Olivia Bonelli (1920–1990), American soprano
• Olivia Bonilla (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and actress
• Olivia Borlée (born 1986), Belgian sprinter
• Olivia Bowen (born 1993), English reality television personality and model
• Olivia Breen (born 1996), British Paralympian athlete
• Olivia Broadfield (born 1981), English singer-songwriter
• Olivia Broome, British para powerlifter
• Olivia Brown (born 1960), American actress
• Olivia Bucio (born 1954), Mexican actress
• Olivia Buckingham (born 1983), British socialite and journalist
• Olivia Buckley (1799–1847), English harpist, organist and composer
• Olivia Burges (died 1930), British scouting and guiding advocate
• Olivia Burnette (born 1977), American actress
• Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944), African American author
• 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 Center (born 2006), American tennis player
• Olivia Chambers (born 2003), American Paralympic swimmer
• Olivia Chance (born 1993), British footballer
• Olivia Chaney (born 1982), English folk singer
• Olivia Cheng (Hong Kong actress) (born 1960), Hong Kong actress
• Olivia Cheng (Canadian actress), Canadian actress and television journalist
• 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 Clark (born 2001), Welsh professional footballer
• Olivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1901), wife of Mark Twain
• Olivia Clyne (born 1993), American squash player
• 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 1993), English actress
• Olivia Côte, French actress
• Olivia Crocicchia (born 1995), American actress
• Olivia Culpo (born 1992), American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA and Miss Universe 2012
• Olivia Cummins (born 2003), American track and road cyclist
• Olivia d'Abo (born 1969), British actress, singer and songwriter
• Olivia Dahl (1955–1962), daughter of Roald Dahl
• Olivia A. Davidson (1854–1889), American teacher and educator
• Olivia Dean (born 1999), English singer
• Olivia Delcán (born 1992), Spanish actress, playwright and director
• Olivia Deeble (born 2002), Australian actress
• Olivia DeJonge (born 1998), Australian actress
• Olivia DeMerchant (born 1991), Canadian rugby union player
• Olivia Mariamne Devenish (1771–1814), British socialite
• Olivia De Berardinis (born 1948), American artist
• Olivia Taylor Dudley (born 1985), American actress
• Olivia Dunne (born 2002), American gymnast and internet personality
• Olivia Époupa (born 1994), French basketball player
• Olivia Féry born 1973), French former professional tennis player
• Olivia Foa'i, New Zealand musician
• Olivia Fotopoulou (born 1996), Cypriot track and field athlete
• Olivia Gant (2010–2017), American murder victim
• Olivia Goldsmith (1949–2004), American writer
• Olivia Grégoire (born 1978), French politician
• Olivia Gomez (born 1953), Bangladeshi actress
• Olivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (born 1992), British aristocrat and businesswoman
• Olivia Harlan (born 1993), American sportscaster
• Olivia Hamilton (born 1987), American actress and producer
• Olivia Harrison (born 1948), American author and film producer, widow of musician George Harrison of the Beatles
• Olivia Hallinan (born 1985), English actress
• Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020), British-American actress
• Olivia Hill, American politician and engineer
• Olivia Holdt (born 2001), Danish professional footballer
• Olivia Holt (born 1997), American actress
• Olivia Hooker (1915–2018), American psychologist
• Olivia Hussey (born 1951), British actress
• (born Son Hye-ju, 2001), South Korean singer and dancer, member of the girl group Loona
• Olivia Jade (born 1999), American YouTuber
• Olivia Jean (born 1990), American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
• Olivia Jordan (born 1988), American beauty pageant titleholder
• Olivia Judson (born 1970), British biologist
• Olivia Junkeer (born 1999), Australian actress
• Olivia Laing (born 1977), British writer, novelist and cultural critic
• Olivia Levicki (born 1993), Australian rules footballer and basketball player
• Olivia Liang (born 1993), American actress
• Olivia Llewellyn (born 1980), English actress,
• Olivia Theresa Longott (born 1981), American R&B singer
• Olivia Lozano (born 1959), Venezuelan politician
• Olivia Lufkin (born 1979), Japanese-American singer known mononymously as Olivia
• Olivia Lunny (born 1999), Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
• Olivia Lux (born 1994), American drag performer
• Olivia Manning (1908–1980), British writer
• Olivia McTaggart (born 2000), New Zealand pole vault athlete
• Olivia Merilahti (born 1982), Finnish-French singer and composer
• Olivia Morris (born 1997), English actress
• Olivia Munn (born 1980), American actress
• Olivia Nash (born 1943), Irish actress and performer
• Olivia Newman, American film director and screenwriter
• Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022), English-born Australian singer and actress
• Olivia Nicholls (born 1994), British tennis player
• Olivia Nordgren (1880–1969), Swedish politician
• Olivia Norris (born 1983), German javelin thrower
• Olivia Nuzzi (born 1993), American political journalist
• Olivia O'Brien (born 1999), American singer and songwriter
• Olivia O'Leary (born 1949), Irish journalist
• Olivia O'Toole (born 1971), Irish association footballer
• Olivia Olson (born 1992), American actress and singer
• Olivia Ong (born 1985), Singaporean singer
• Olivia Pascal (born 1957), German actress
• Olivia Potts, British food writer and caterer
• Olivia Poulet (born 1978), English actress and screenwriter
• Olivia Reeves (born 2003), American weightlifter
• Olivia Rodrigo (born 2003), American actress and singer
• Olivia Rouamba, Burkina Faso politician
• Olivia Ruiz (born 1980), French singer
• Olivia Sandoval, American actress
• Olivia Sage or Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918), American philanthropist
• Olivia Shakespear (1863–1938), British novelist, playwright, and patron of the arts
• Olivia Tennet (born 1991), New Zealand actress
• Olivia Thirlby (born 1986), American actress
• Olivia Trappeniers (born 1997), Belgian Flemish singer, also known as OT and by the mononym Olivia
• Olivia Troye (born 1976), American national security official
• Olivia Ulenius (born 2007), Finnish footballer
• Olivia Vinten (born 1999), Danish fashion model
• Olivia Van der Jagt (born 1999), American professional soccer player
• Olivia Vieweg (born 1987), German cartoonist and author
• Olivia Vinall (born 1988/1989), English actress
• Olivia Vivian (born 1989), Australian artistic gymnast
• Olivia Washington (born 1991), American actress
• Olivia Wayne (born 1986), British sports journalist and television presenter
• Olivia Weaver (born 1995), American professional squash player
• Olivia Scott Welch, American actress
• Olivia Wensley (born 1985), New Zealand lawyer
• Olivia Wilde (born 1984), American actress
• Olivia Wingate (born 2000), American soccer player
• Olivia Williams (born 1968), English actress
• Olivia Yli-Juuti (born 2001), Finnish aesthetic group gymnast
• Olivia Zemor (born 1948), French political activist
• Olivia Zúñiga (1916–1992), Mexican poet, novelist, and essayist

Fictional characters with the name

• Olivia (Twelfth Night), in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
• Olivia (The Walking Dead), in the comic book and TV franchise
• Olivia, in Fire Emblem Awakening
• Olivia, in
• Olivia, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Olivia (fictional pig), protagonist of children's books by Ian Falconer and the television show Olivia The Pig
• Olivia, from Pokémon Sun and Moon
• Olivia, from the animated series Oggy and the Cockroaches
• Olivia (Asobi Asobase), in the manga series Asobi Asobase
• Olivia, from the toy line Lego Friends
• Olivia, King Olly's sister in
• Lady Olivia, from the American animated fantasy series Amphibia
• Olivia Adler, main character in "Small Spaces" – first in the book series trilogy "Small Spaces" by Katherine Arden
• Olivia Baker, in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
• Olivia Bell, in the television series, Neighbours
• Olivia Barber Winters, on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Olivia Benford, on FlashForward, played by Sonya Walger
• Olivia Benson, on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Mariska Hargitay
• Olivia Burke, in the television series Gossip Girl
• Olivia Caliban, from A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Olivia Castle, from the horror movie Final Destination 5
• Olivia Cortez, a character in the American thriller television series Mr. Robot
• Olivia Davidson, from the Sweet Valley High book series
• Olivia Dunham, in the television series Fringe
• Olivia Falconeri, from the long-running American soap opera General Hospital
• Olivia Flaversham, from the 1986 Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective
• Olivia Fuller, from Family Guy
• Olivia Harper, in the American comedy-drama Grey's Anatomy
• Olivia Johnson, from Hollyoaks
• Olivia Kidney, in the Olivia Kidney book series by Ellen Potter
• Olivia Lawrence, from the Video Senshi Laserion anime TV series
• Olivia Mann, in video game Team Fortress 2
• Olivia Marquont, a recurring character in the American comedy-drama television series Gilmore Girls
• Olivia Pope, in the television series Scandal
• Olivia Richards, from the American soap opera Sunset Beach
• Olivia Robinson, played by Alaina Reed on the long-running children's series Sesame Street
• Olivia Simpkins, in the 2006 romantic comedy The Holiday played by Emma Pritchard
• Olivia Spencer, from the long-running American soap opera Guiding Light
• Olivia Walton, in the television series The Waltons
• Olivia Webster, Oscar Webster's daughter in the Violet Evergarden anime series
• Olivia White, in Lemonade Mouth

Notes and References

1. Book: Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio. 1: Temporibus Regum Hen. III. 1, 2. Command of His Majesty King George III. 1805. 95b.
2. Web site: Cassell . Amy . November 1, 2021 . Most popular baby names of 2021 . March 24, 2022 . babycenter.
3. Web site: 2021-05-12 . REVEALED: The top Aussie baby names for 2021 . 2022-03-24 . 7NEWS . en.
4. Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Olivia.
5. Web site: Popular Names in 2022 – USA . 2024-04-10 . Baby Names . en-US.