Olivia

Where Olivia comes from

From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
— Wiktionary's entry for Olivia
  • Latin
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #233 among girls — 44 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1916
    Olivia de Havilland born
    British actress
  3. 1984
    Olivia Wilde born
    American actress and film director
  4. 2019
    Peak, #1
    18,577 babies named Olivia — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Olivia de Havilland · British actress, 1916–2020
  • Olivia Wilde · American actress and film director, born 1984
  • Olivia Newton-John · British–Australian singer, 1948–2022
  • Olivia Colman · British actress, born 1974
  • Olivia Hussey · British actress, 1951–2024

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.