Olivia (name)

Olivia
Olivia from William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1896
Pronunciation/oʊˈlɪviə/[1], Italian: [/o.ˈli.vja/], Spanish: [/o.ˈli.βja/], French: [/ɔ.li.vja/], German: [/o.ˈliː.vi̯a/], Finnish: [/ˈo.li.ʋi.ɑ/], Dutch: [/oː.ˈli.vi.aː/]
GenderFeminine
LanguageEnglish
Name dayApril 15 (Sweden)

May 29 (Finland) (Greece)

June 10 (Italy)
Other gender
MasculineOlivio
Origin
LanguageLatin
Meaningolive, olive tree, "peace"
Other names
Pet formsLiv, Livi, Livvy, Livia, Livy, Livvie, Livie, Livvi, Ollie, Olly, Olz, Via
UsageEnglish
Related namesOliva, Olive, Olivio
Olivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1904), wife of the American author Mark Twain, in 1869
Swedish politician Olivia Nordgren (1880-1969)
English and American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020), in 1938
English actress Olivia Hussey (1951-2024), in 1974
Australian actress Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022), in 1978
American singer-songwriter and actress Olivia Rodrigo in 2021

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.[2] Though not invented by William Shakespeare, the name was popularized by a character in Twelfth Night.[3]

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.[4][5][6][7]

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References

  1. ^ "Olivia". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Uckelman, Sara L. (September 2019) [7-3], "Names Shakespeare Didn't Invent: Imogen, Olivia, and Viola Revisited", Names: A Journal of Onomastics, 67 (3): 153–159
  3. ^ Rotulorum Originalium in Curia Scaccarii Abbreviatio. Vol. 1: Temporibus Regum Hen. III (1, 2 ed.). Command of His Majesty King George III. 1805. p. 95b.
  4. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 210, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
  5. ^ Cassell, Amy (November 1, 2021). "Most popular baby names of 2021". babycenter. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "REVEALED: The top Aussie baby names for 2021". 7NEWS. May 12, 2021. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  7. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Olivia".
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