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 [ 3 syll. li-via, liv-ia ] The girl name Livia is pronounced LIHViyah KEY. Livia is of Latin and Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, German, Hebrew, and Italian. Latin and Hebrew origin: Derived from the word lividus which is of the meaning 'bluish, lead-colored'. The name appeared in various English literature works from the late 16th century, including the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet (1595). Livia is the feminine equivalent of the German Livius. A form of the name is the Hebrew Levia. In addition, Livia is a form of the Hebrew Liviya. Livia is also an English pet form of the English, German, and Italian Olivia. The pet forms Livvy (English) and Livy (English) are other variants of Livia. Livia is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name has been growing in popularity since the 2000s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.014% of baby girls being named Livia. It was #948 in rank then. Among the family of girl names directly related to Livia, the English, German, and Italian Olivia was the most regularly used in 2008. It was 60 times more regularly used than Livia in that year. Baby names that sound like Livia include the Hebrew Levia, the Spanish Libia, the German Lioba, the Hebrew Liviya, the name Leeba, the Slavic Lepa, the English Leva, the English Libbi, the English Libbie, the English Libby, the Hebrew Libi, the Romanian Lipa, the English Liva, the English Livie, the English Livvy, the English Livy, the Slavic Ljuba, the Polish Lopa, the Scandinavian Lova, and the Russian Lubov. KEY: Pronunciation for Livia: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
