Olivia
Meaning of Olivia
Olivia, he observes, grew from the Latin oliva—an olive branch lifted toward the quiet sun—yet in the centuries since Shakespeare chose it for his quick-witted countess, the name has slipped across oceans like a silk carp beneath a moonlit torii, gathering associations of peace, evergreen resilience, and a certain understated elegance; in modern America it has ascended, with the patient inevitability of temple incense, to the very summit of the popularity charts, reigning at Number 1 year after year while offering parents the dry but pleasing irony that a name meaning “olive tree” now sprouts more profusely than olives themselves, and though its consonants click lightly like geta on polished tatami, its vowels open wide and generous—o-LI-vee-uh—inviting the listener into a garden where the rustle of leaves suggests both classical Rome and the subtle hush of a Kyoto tea house, a fusion that renders Olivia at once cosmopolitan and serenely familiar, the linguistic equivalent of finding wabi-sabi harmony in a perfectly rounded fruit that still bears the ancient promise of peace.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as oh-LIV-ee-uh (/oʊˈlɪviə/)
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Notable People Named Olivia
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| Olivia Holt is an American actress and singer known for Kickin It, Girl vs Monster, I Didnt Do It, Cloak and Dagger, Spider Man, Runaways, and Cruel Summer. |
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| Olivia Haigh Williams is an English actress in British and American film and TV, trained at Bristol Old Vic and the Royal Shakespeare Company, whose first major screen role was Jane Fairfax in the 1996 TV film Emma. |
| Olivia O'Toole - Olivia Christina OToole is an Irish former footballer who debuted for the Republic of Ireland in 1991, captained the team, retired in 2009, and set a record of 54 goals later matched by Robbie Keane in 2012. |
| Olivia Culpo is an American model, actress, and media personality who won Miss Rhode Island USA, Miss USA 2012, and Miss Universe 2012. |
| Olivia Gatwood is a poet, writer, and educator focused on coming of age, feminism, gendered violence, and true crime. |
| Olivia Rose Podmore was a New Zealand racing cyclist who represented her country at the 2016 Olympics and 2018 Commonwealth Games. |
| Olivia Chaney is an English folk singer and multiinstrumentalist whose debut The Longest River arrived in 2015 and whose second album Shelter followed in 2018, both on Nonesuch Records. |
| Olivia Greaves is an American artistic gymnast who was on the United States women's national team from 2018 to 2022. |
| Olivia Jordan Thomas is an American actress and Miss USA 2015, the first and only winner from Oklahoma, who later placed second runner-up at Miss Universe 2015. |
