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[ 2 syll. o-li-ve, ol-ive ] The girl name Olive is pronounced AALahV KEY. Olive has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in the English and French languages. Olive is a form of Olivia (English, German, and Italian). Olive is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but not to the degree it was previously. In 1900, 0.222% of baby girls were given the name Olive. It had a ranking of #95 then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is in recent years of only very light use. In 2008, it ranked at #813 with a usage of 0.017%. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Olive, Olivia (English, German, and Italian) was the most frequently used. It was more regularly used than Olive by 48 times in 2008. Baby names that sound like Olive include Alba (German, Italian, Spanish, Czech, and English), Alby (Irish), Alpha (English and Greek), Alva (Czech and Scandinavian), Alvah (English and Hebrew), Alvie (English), Alaba (Yoruban), Oliwia (Hawaiian), and Alivia (English). A famous person named Olive is Animated Character, Olive Oyl. KEY: Pronunciation for Olive: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; V as in "vee (V.IY)" ![]() ![]() |
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