Olivia
| Pronunciation | a/o-LIV-ee-a |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | peaceful |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Oliver, Olive, Livvy |
Olivia is a popular female name pronounced a/o-LIV-ee-a. It is a Latinate name, coined by Shakespeare for the rich heiress wooed by the duke in Twelfth Night (1599).[citation needed] He might have derived the name from the olive plant (Latin: 'oliva') or used it as a feminine form of Oliver.[1]
People named Olivia
People
- Olivia (singer), an American R&B singer, born Olivia Longott
- Olivia de Berardinis, pin-up artist
- Olivia Chow, Hong Kong politician
- Olivia Goldsmith, American writer
- Olivia Harrison, wife of musician George Harrison
- Olivia de Havilland, double Oscar-winning Japanese-born American actress and leading lady in Gone with the Wind
- Olivia Hussey, Argentine actress, best known for her debut role as Juliet in Zefferelli's "Romeo and Juliet," and Jessica Bradford, in Canadian horror film Black Christmas
- Olivia Lufkin, sometimes called OLIVIA, a Japanese singer
- Olivia Munn, American actress
- Olivia Newton-John, an Australian singer and actress, is occasionally referred to simply as "Olivia" on her album covers
- Olivia Nordgren, Swedish politician
- Olivia Ong, Singaporean singer
- Olivia Ruiz, French singer
- Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress
- Olivia Williams, English actress
- Olivia Wilde, an American actress
Fictional characters
- Olivia (Buffyverse), a minor character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Olivia (fictional pig), protagonist of several children's books by Ian Falconer
- Olivia (Twelfth Night), a character in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
- Olivia Benson, a fictional character on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Mariska Hargitay
- Olivia Dunham, a character in the television series Fringe
- Olivia Kidney, main character in Olivia Kidney (book series by Ellen Potter)
- Olivia Robinson, a fictional character played by Alaina Reed on the long running children's series Sesame Street
- Olivia Falconeri, a fictional character from the long-running ABC soap opera General Hospital
- Olivia Spencer, a fictional character from the long-running CBS soap opera Guiding Light
- Olivia Blake Richards, a fictional character from the now defunct NBC soap opera Sunset Beach
- Olivia Fuller, a fictional character from Family Guy
Literature and entertainment
- Olivia (novel), a novel published in 1949 by Dorothy Bussy under the pen name "Olivia"
- Olivia (film), a 1951 French motion picture based on this novel
- Olivia (novel), a novel published in 1994 by Judith Rossner
- Olivia (play), a play by William Gorman Wills
- Olivia Records, a record label
- Olivia, an 2009 animated show based on Ian Falconer's books.
- Olivia (Lost and Turned Out), 1978 R&B song by The Whispers from their Headlights album.
Other uses
- Olivia (company), a lesbian-oriented travel company
- 835 Olivia, a minor planet
- Hala Olivia, arena in Gdańsk
- Olivia, North Carolina, a town in the United States of America
- Olivia, Minnesota, a town in the United States of America
- Olivia MFSK, an amateur radio digital transmission protocol
- Olivia Tremor Control, an american indie rock band
References
- ^ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.210.