An elaboration of Olive olive tree.

Nameberry olivia. Olivia ranks in second place in the official US. Though it sounds like a chopped-off variation of Olivia which means olive the distinctively attractive Livia has been an independent name since the days of the ancient Romans when it belonged to Livia Drusillathe powerful wife of the Emperor Augustusand is still. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.

In fact he may have invented the baby name Olivia though it was in sparing use by the time the play was written around 1601. 21996 likes 133 talking about this. TWELFTH NIGHT Shakespeare used Olivia in his comedy Twelfth Night.

Common nicknames include Liv Livvy and Libby. Famous Olivias include Grease actress Olivia Newton John and TV actress Olivia Wilde. It was derived from the male name Oliver which is a derivation of the old Norse name Áleifr.

This is the first time Olivia has taken the top spot in Nameberrys popularity polls unseating Charlotte. In a stunning upset the ancient boys name Atticus has jumped to the top of the baby name popularity list for 2017. Olivia was the name of a character in Shakespeares Twelfth Night and has become popular ever since.

The name was used by Shakespeare as the name of the heiress in the play Twelfth Night. The Latin oliva means olive. It was popularized by William Shakespeare in his play The Twelfth Night.

Olivia is beautiful vintage name. Currently in the top 10 this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880 when the Social Security Administration began record keeping. Name Olivia is combinations of one occurrence of A two occurrences of I one occurrence of L one occurrence of O and one occurrence of V has a lots of significance in Astrology.