Olivia

See also: Olívia

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Hellenic *elaíwāder.

Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva)bor.?

Latin olīvader.

Latin Olīvader.

English Olivia

From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈlɪvi.ə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈlɪvi.ə/, /əˈlɪ.vi.ə/
• Hyphenation: O‧liv‧i‧a
• Rhymes: -ɪviə

Proper noun

Olivia

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act I, scene 1:

     O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence.

   • 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield:

     I intended to call her after Aunt Grizel, but my wife who, during pregnancy, had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grizel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia, so that we had two romantic names in the family, but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it.

   • 1985, Maeve Binchy, Echoes, Arrow Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 404:

     ‘Olivia, that's a fine posh name for Castlebay,’ he said approvingly. ‘Ah, they're sick of these Davids and Clares and Gerrys, the dull old names,’ Clare laughed. ‘I hope they won't call her Olly,’ David said. ‘Make your own nickname then,’ Gerry said. ‘Livy?’ Clare suggested. ‘Liffey even?’ Gerry said.

   • 2024 October 21, Liam Reilly and Hadas Gold, “Olivia Nuzzi is out at New York magazine over undisclosed relationship with RFK”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Olivia Nuzzi has parted ways with New York magazine, the publication said Monday, after the star Washington correspondent was placed on leave last month over a previously undisclosed “personal relationship” with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

2. A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.
3. An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.

Usage notes

By folk etymology, Olivia is sometimes used as the feminine form of Olivio.

Alternative forms

• Alivia, Olyvia (modern)

Derived terms

• Olitz
• Olive, Ollie, Liv, Livvy

Translations

female given name

• Bulgarian: Оли́вия f (Olívija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧利維婭 / 奥利维娅 (Àolìwéiyà)

• Czech: Olivie f, Olivia (cs) f
• Danish: Olivia
• Estonian: Olivia
• Finnish: Olivia (fi)
• French: Olivia (fr) f, Olive (fr) f
• German: Olivia f
• Greek: Ολίβια (el) f (Olívia)
• Hungarian: Olívia (hu)
• Italian: Olivia (it) f
• Japanese: オリビア (Oribia)
• Korean: 올리비아 (Ollibia)
• Marathi: ओलिव्हिया f (olivhiyā)
• Norwegian: Olivia (no)
• Persian: اولیویا (oliviyâ)
• Polish: Oliwia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Olívia (pt) f
• Romanian: Olivia f
• Russian: Оли́вия (ru) f (Olívija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Оливија f

  Latin: Olivija (sh) f

• Slovak: Olívia f
• Slovene: Olivija f
• Spanish: Olivia (es) f
• Swedish: Olivia (sv)
• Tamil: ஒலிவியா (oliviyā), ஒலீவியா (olīviyā)
• Ukrainian: Олі́вія f (Olívija)

Danish

Proper noun

Olivia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

Estonian

Proper noun

Olivia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

Related terms

• Liivi, Liivika

Faroese

Proper noun

Olivia f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• Olivia's son: Oliviuson
• Olivia's daughter: Oliviudóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Olivia
accusative	Oliviu
dative	Oliviu
genitive	Oliviu

Finnish

Etymology

From English Olivia. Can be considered a feminine form of Oliver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoliʋiɑ/, [ˈo̞liˌʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): O‧li‧vi‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): O‧li‧via

Proper noun

Olivia

1. a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Olivia

Declension

Inflection of Olivia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Olivia	—
genitive		Olivian	—
partitive		Oliviaa	—
illative		Oliviaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Olivia	—
accusative	nom.	Olivia	—
	gen.	Olivian
genitive		Olivian	—
partitive		Oliviaa	—
inessive		Oliviassa	—
elative		Oliviasta	—
illative		Oliviaan	—
adessive		Olivialla	—
ablative		Olivialta	—
allative		Olivialle	—
essive		Oliviana	—
translative		Oliviaksi	—
abessive		Oliviatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Olivia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Oliviani — accusative nom. Oliviani — gen. Oliviani genitive Oliviani — partitive Oliviaani — inessive Oliviassani — elative Oliviastani — illative Oliviaani — adessive Oliviallani — ablative Olivialtani — allative Olivialleni — essive Olivianani — translative Oliviakseni — abessive Oliviattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Oliviasi — accusative nom. Oliviasi — gen. Oliviasi genitive Oliviasi — partitive Oliviaasi — inessive Oliviassasi — elative Oliviastasi — illative Oliviaasi — adessive Oliviallasi — ablative Olivialtasi — allative Oliviallesi — essive Olivianasi — translative Oliviaksesi — abessive Oliviattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Oliviamme — accusative nom. Oliviamme — gen. Oliviamme genitive Oliviamme — partitive Oliviaamme — inessive Oliviassamme — elative Oliviastamme — illative Oliviaamme — adessive Oliviallamme — ablative Olivialtamme — allative Oliviallemme — essive Olivianamme — translative Oliviaksemme — abessive Oliviattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Olivianne — accusative nom. Olivianne — gen. Olivianne genitive Olivianne — partitive Oliviaanne — inessive Oliviassanne — elative Oliviastanne — illative Oliviaanne — adessive Oliviallanne — ablative Olivialtanne — allative Oliviallenne — essive Oliviananne — translative Oliviaksenne — abessive Oliviattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Oliviansa — accusative nom. Oliviansa — gen. Oliviansa genitive Oliviansa — partitive Oliviaansa — inessive Oliviassaan Oliviassansa — elative Oliviastaan Oliviastansa — illative Oliviaansa — adessive Oliviallaan Oliviallansa — ablative Olivialtaan Olivialtansa — allative Olivialleen Oliviallensa — essive Olivianaan Olivianansa — translative Oliviakseen Oliviaksensa — abessive Oliviattaan Oliviattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Statistics

• Olivia is the 117^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 6,553 female individuals (and as a middle name to 18,306 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.li.vja/

Proper noun

Olivia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

Anagrams

• violai, voilai

German

Proper noun

Olivia f (genitive Olivias or Olivia)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Olivia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolivi(j)a/, /-ifi-/

Proper noun

Olivia

1. a female given name from English, equivalent to English Olivia

   Olivia Lubis Jensen, b. 1993

Italian

Proper noun

Olivia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia or Olive

Related terms

• Oliviero

Anagrams

• oliavi, olivai, vaioli, violai

Norwegian

Proper noun

Olivia

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Olivia c (genitive Olivias)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia