Oliva

Where Oliva comes from

Oliva hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 100
    Oliva of Brescia born
    saint
  2. 1562
    Oliva Sabuco born
    Spanish philosopher
  3. 1884
    First appearance
    #1,024 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1889
    Peak, #839
    10 babies named Oliva — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,338.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Oliva Sabuco · Spanish philosopher, 1562–1622
  • Oliva of Brescia · saint, 100–138
  • Oliva Amani · DR Congolese footballer, born 1979
  • Oliva Acosta · Spanish film director, film producer and screenwriter, born 1960

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.