Olivia (given name)

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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 the Latin oliva,ae, which translates into English as "olive".

Popularity

Olivia has been a popular name throughout the English-speaking world since the mid-1990s.^[2] In 2013 it was the third most popular name for girls in Australia.^[3]

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 Culpo (born 1992), American beauty pageant titleholder
• Olivia Goldsmith (1949–2004), American writer
• Olivia Harrison (born 1948), widow of musician George Harrison
• Olivia de Havilland (born 1916), American actress
• Olivia Holt (born 1997), 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, minor character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Olivia, protagonist of several children's books by Ian Falconer
• Olivia, 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"
• Olivia Castle, a flirtatious character in Final Destination 5
• 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 Pope, a character in the hit TV show Scandal
• 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 Vertigo, a character from Jenny Nimmo's Children of the Red King series
• Olivia Walter from the children's novel series Main Street by Ann M. Martin
• 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

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