Olivia (given name)
| Olivia |
| Pronunciation |
/oʊˈlɪviə/ |
| Gender |
Feminine |
| Language(s) |
English |
| Origin |
| Language(s) |
English, Latin |
| Other names |
| See also |
Olive, Oliver |
Olivia ( /oʊˈlɪviə/)[1] is a popular feminine given name in the English language. It is a Latinate name derived, first coined by William Shakespeare for a character in the Twelfth Night. It is possible that Shakespeare may have intended this name as a feminine form of Oliver; another possibility is that he may have derived it from a the Latin oliva, which translates into English as "olive". Olivia has been a popular name throughout the English-speaking world since the mid 1990s.[2]
People
- Olivia (singer) (born 1981), American singer, born Olivia Longott
- Olivia De Berardinis (born 1948), American painter
- Olivia Bonilla (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and actress
- Olivia Mariamne Devenish (1771–1814), British socialite
- Olivia Chow (born 1957), Canadian politician
- Olivia Colman (born 1974), British actress
- Olivia Goldsmith (1949–2004), American writer
- Olivia Harrison (born 1948), widow of musician George Harrison
- Olivia de Havilland (born 1916), American actress
- Olivia Hussey (born 1951), British actress
- Olivia Judson (born 1970), British biologist
- Olivia Lufkin (born 1979), Japanese singer
- Olivia Manning (1908–1980), British writer
- Olivia Munn (born 1980), American actress
- Olivia Newton-John (born 1948), Australian singer and actress
- Olivia Nordgren (1880–1969), Swedish politician
- Olivia O'Leary (born 1949), Irish journalist
- Olivia Olson (born 1992), American actress and singer
- Olivia Ong (born 1985), Singaporean singer
- Olivia Ruiz (born 1980), French singer
- Olivia Tennet (born 1991), New Zealand actress
- Olivia Thirlby (born 1986), American actress
- Olivia Ward Bush (1869–1944), American writer
- Olivia Wilde (born 1984), American actress
- Olivia Williams (born 1968), English actress
Fiction
- Olivia (Buffyverse), minor character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Olivia (fictional pig), protagonist of several children's books by Ian Falconer
- Olivia (Twelfth Night), character in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
- Olivia Benford, character on FlashForward, played by Sonya Walger
- Olivia Benson, character on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Mariska Hargitay
- Olivia Blake, character from the American soap opera Sunset Beach
- Olivia Burke, character in the television series "Gossip Girl"
- A.N.T. Farm character in the television series
- Olivia Dunham, character in the television series Fringe
- Olivia Falconeri, character from the long-running American soap opera General Hospital
- Olivia Fuller, character from Family Guy
- Olivia Harper, nurse in the American comedy-drama Grey's Anatomy
- Olivia Kidney, main character in Olivia Kidney (book series by Ellen Potter)
- Olivia Robinson, character played by Alaina Reed on the long-running children's series Sesame Street
- Olivia Spencer, character from the long-running American soap opera Guiding Light
- Olivia Walton, matriarch of the Walton clan on the TV series The Waltons
- Olivia Barber Winters, a character on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Olivia Castle, a flirtatious character in Final Destination 5.
- Olivia Walter from the children's novel series Main Street by Ann M. Martin
References
- ^ Olivia, Dictionary.com, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Olivia, retrieved 30 November 2010 which cited: Dictionary.com Unabridged, Random House
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 210, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1