Olivia
[əˈlɪviə]Meaning
from Latin oliva, "olive"; an early saints' name
Background Story
Olivia comes from the Latin Oliva, an early saints' name from oliva, meaning "olive" or "olive branch". Shakespeare used the spelling for a noblewoman in Twelfth Night (1602), and the name has been used in the English-speaking world since the 18th century, becoming widely popular in the last half of the 20th. It is also used in Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovene and Ukrainian.
Variations
olive
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