Olivia
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əʊˈlɪvi.ə//
- United States//oʊˈlɪvi.ə//
- United States//əˈlɪ.vi.ə//
A female given name from Latin.
proper noun
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A female given name from Latin.
O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence.
‘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.
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.
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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.
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.