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 [ 4 syll. o-li-via, ol-iv-ia ] The girl name Olivia is pronounced as owLIHViyah KEY. 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 Oliver, or else from the medieval name Oliva, which was borne by Saint Oliva (-138), who was martyred under Hadrian. Olivia has 18 variants that are used in both English and other languages. English variants of Olivia include Alivia, Livrie, Nola (used in Irish, Italian, and Mende too), Nollie, Olevia, Olive (used in French too), Oliveria, Olivet, and Olva. Other English forms include the pet forms Liv, Livia, Livie, Livvy, and Ollie, and the spelling variant Olivea. Oliva (Italian), Oliwia (Hawaiian), and Oliwja (Polish) are variants of the name that are used in other languages. See also the related form, Oliver (English and German). Olivia is very popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1970s. At the recent peak of its usage in 2008, 0.820% of baby girls were named Olivia. It had a ranking of #6 then. Out of all girl names in its family, Olivia was the most popular in 2008. Olivia was 9 times more widely used than the next most popular name, Alivia (English), in that year. Baby names that sound like Olivia include Olivea (English), Olevia (English), Oliva (Italian), and Olva (English). A famous person named Olivia is Olivia De Havilland, Actress, born 1 July 1916, Tokyo, Japan. KEY: Pronunciation for Olivia: OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; 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)"   |
