Olivia (name)

Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin oliva, olive. Both Oliva and Olivia were Latinate forms in use in English-speaking countries as early as the 13th century. Olive was in common use as a vernacular form. Though not invented by William Shakespeare, the name was popularized by a character in Twelfth Night.

Usage of the name in the 20th and 21st centuries has been influenced by popular culture, including the popularity of the actress Olivia Newton-John in the 1970s and of Olivia Kendall, a child character played by actress Raven-Symoné on the American television sitcom The Cosby Show. Olivia has been a popular name throughout the English-speaking world since the mid-1990s, and is also well used throughout Europe and South America.

In 2022, in the United States, the name Olivia was given to 16,573 girls, ranking it as the most popular name.

People

• Olivia of Palermo (448–463), Christian martyr
• Olivia Alexander (born 1988), American actress
• Olivia Allison (born 1990), English swimmer
• Olivia Amoako (born 1985), Ghanaian footballer
• Olivia Anderson (born 1987), South African cricketer
• Olivia Arthur (born 1980), British documentary photographer
• Olivia Attwood (born 1991), British TV personality
• Olivia Baker (weightlifter) (born 1979), New Zealand weightlifter
• Olivia Barash (born 1965), American actress
• Olivia Barclay (1919–2001), British astrologer
• Olivia Cajero Bedford (1938–2022), American politician
• Olivia Bee (born 1994), American photographer
• Olivia Bennet, Countess of Tankerville (1830–1922), British countess
• Olivia De Berardinis (born 1948), American painter
• Olivia Gallay Bertrand (born 1989), French alpine skier
• Olivia Blake (born 1990), British MP
• Olivia Bloomfield, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (born 1960), British political party executive
• Olivia Bonamy (born 1972), French actress
• Olivia Bonelli (1920–1990), American soprano
• Olivia Bonilla (born 1992), American singer-songwriter and actress
• Olivia Borlée (born 1986), Belgian sprinter
• Olivia Bowen (born 1993), English reality television personality and model
• Olivia Breen (born 1996), British Paralympian athlete
• Olivia Broadfield (born 1981), English singer-songwriter
• Olivia Broome, British para powerlifter
• Olivia Brown (born 1960), American actress
• Olivia Bucio (born 1954), Mexican actress
• Olivia Buckingham (born 1983), British socialite and journalist
• Olivia Buckley (1799–1847), English harpist, organist and composer
• Olivia Burges (died 1930), British scouting and guiding advocate
• Olivia Burnette (born 1977), American actress
• Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944), African American author
• Olivia Carlsson (born 1995), Swedish ice hockey player
• Olivia Carnegie-Brown (born 1991), British rower
• Olivia Cattan (born 1967), French journalist
• Olivia Cenizal (1926–2008), Filipino film actress
• Olivia Chambers (born 2003), American Paralympic swimmer
• Olivia Chance (born 1993), British footballer
• Olivia Chaney (born 1982), English folk singer
• Olivia Cheng (Hong Kong actress) (born 1960), Hong Kong actress
• Olivia Cheng (Canadian actress), Canadian actress and television journalist
• Olivia Choong (born 1979), environmental activist from Singapore
• Olivia Cîmpian (born 2001), Romanian-born Hungarian female artistic gymnast
• Olivia Chow (born 1957), Canadian politician
• Olivia Langdon Clemens (1845–1901), wife of Mark Twain
• Olivia Clyne (born 1993), American squash player
• Olivia Coffey (born 1989), American rower
• Olivia Cole (1942–2018), American actress
• Olivia Cole (poet) (born 1981), British poet
• Olivia Colman (born 1974), British actress
• Olivia Coolidge (1908–2006), American writer and educator
• Olivia Cooke (born 1993), English actress
• Olivia Côte, French actress
• Olivia Crocicchia (born 1995), American actress
• Olivia Culpo (born 1992), American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA and Miss Universe 2012
• Olivia d'Abo (born 1969), British actress, singer and songwriter
• Olivia Dean (born 1999), English singer
• Olivia Deeble (born 2002), Australian actress
• Olivia DeJonge (born 1998), Australian actress
• Olivia DeMerchant (born 1991), Canadian rugby union player
• Olivia Mariamne Devenish (1771–1814), British socialite
• Olivia De Berardinis (born 1948), American artist
• Olivia Dunne (born 2002), American gymnast and internet personality
• Olivia Féry born 1973), French former professional tennis player
• Olivia Gant (2010–2017), American murder victim
• Olivia Goldsmith (1949–2004), American writer
• Olivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster (born 1992), British aristocrat and businesswoman
• Olivia Harrison (born 1948), American author and film producer, widow of musician George Harrison of the Beatles
• Olivia Hallinan (born 1985), English actress
• Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020), British-American actress
• Olivia Hill, American politician and engineer
• Olivia Holt (born 1997), American actress
• Olivia Hooker (1915–2018), American psychologist
• Olivia Hussey (born 1951), British actress
• Olivia Hye (born Son Hye-ju, 2001), South Korean singer and dancer, member of the girl group Loona
• Olivia Jordan (born 1988), American beauty pageant titleholder
• Olivia Judson (born 1970), British biologist
• Olivia Liang (born 1993), American actress
• Olivia Lozano (born 1959), Venezuelan politician
• Olivia Lufkin (born 1979), Japanese-American singer known mononymously as Olivia
• Olivia Manning (1908–1980), British writer
• Olivia McTaggart (born 2000), New Zealand pole vault athlete
• Olivia Munn (born 1980), American actress
• Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022), English-born Australian singer and actress
• Olivia Nordgren (1880–1969), Swedish politician
• Olivia Nuzzi (born 1993), American political journalist
• Olivia O'Leary (born 1949), Irish journalist
• Olivia Olson (born 1992), American actress and singer
• Olivia Ong (born 1985), Singaporean singer
• Olivia Reeves (born 2003), American weightlifter
• Olivia Rodrigo (born 2003), American actress and singer
• Olivia Ruiz (born 1980), French singer
• Olivia Sage or Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage (1828–1918), American philanthropist
• Olivia Tennet (born 1991), New Zealand actress
• Olivia Trappeniers (born 1997), Belgian Flemish singer, also known as OT and by the mononym Olivia
• Olivia Thirlby (born 1986), American actress
• Olivia Ulenius (born 2007), Finnish footballer
• Olivia Wayne (born 1986), British sports journalist and television presenter
• Olivia Wensley (born 1985), New Zealand lawyer
• Olivia Wilde (born 1984), American actress
• Olivia Williams (born 1968), English actress

Fictional characters with the name

• Olivia (Twelfth Night), in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
• Olivia (The Walking Dead), in the comic book and TV franchise
• Olivia, in Fire Emblem Awakening
• Olivia, in Minecraft: Story Mode
• Olivia, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Olivia (fictional pig), protagonist of children's books by Ian Falconer and the television show Olivia The Pig
• Olivia, from Pokémon Sun and Moon
• Olivia, from the animated series Oggy and the Cockroaches
• Olivia (Asobi Asobase), in the manga series Asobi Asobase
• Olivia, from the toy line Lego Friends
• Olivia, King Olly's sister in Paper Mario: The Origami King
• Lady Olivia, from the American animated fantasy series Amphibia
• Olivia Adler, main character in "Small Spaces" – first in the book series trilogy "Small Spaces" by Katherine Arden
• Olivia Baker, in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
• Olivia Barber Winters, on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
• Olivia Benford, on FlashForward, played by Sonya Walger
• Olivia Benson, on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Mariska Hargitay
• Olivia Burke, in the television series Gossip Girl
• Olivia Caliban, from A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Olivia Castle, from the horror movie Final Destination 5
• Olivia Cortez, a character in the American thriller television series Mr. Robot
• Olivia Davidson, from the Sweet Valley High book series
• Olivia Dunham, in the television series Fringe
• Olivia Falconeri, from the long-running American soap opera General Hospital
• Olivia Flaversham, from the 1986 Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective
• Olivia Fuller, from Family Guy
• Olivia Harper, in the American comedy-drama Grey's Anatomy
• Olivia Johnson, from Hollyoaks
• Olivia Kidney, in the Olivia Kidney book series by Ellen Potter
• Olivia Lawrence, from the Video Senshi Laserion anime TV series
• Olivia Mann, in video game Team Fortress 2
• Olivia Pope, in the television series Scandal
• Olivia Richards, from the American soap opera Sunset Beach
• Olivia Robinson, played by Alaina Reed on the long-running children's series Sesame Street
• Olivia Simpkins, in the 2006 romantic comedy The Holiday played by Emma Pritchard
• Olivia Spencer, from the long-running American soap opera Guiding Light
• Olivia Webster, Oscar Webster's daughter in the Violet Evergarden anime series
• Olivia White, in Lemonade Mouth

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