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What does Olive mean?

Olive Pronunciation of Olive as a name for girls has its root in Latin, and Olive means "olive tree". Olive is an alternate form of Olivia (Latin).

STARTS WITH Ol-

ASSOCIATED WITH olive (tree)

Variations

RELATED FORMS VIA OLIVIA Alivia, Liv, Liva, Livie, Olevia, Olia, Oliff, Oliffe, Oliva, Olivea, Oliveea, Oliveria, Olivet, Olivetta, Olivette, Olivija, Olivine, Olivya, Ollie, Olva

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Oleve, ..

(male) Olios, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Olive Taylor (O.T.), ..

How popular is Olive?

Olive is a very prominent first name for females (#456 out of 4276, Top 11%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#5659 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Olive reached its apex rank of #88 in the U.S. during 1890-1899, and is at #270 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Olive name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Olive outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Alivia (#227 LAST YEAR), Liv (#684), Olevia, Oliva, Olivette, Olivia (#2), Olivine and Ollie are the popular variation forms of Olive (#270) ranked in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Olva, are seldom used. These forms of Olive were favored by parents in 2014 (USAGE OF 1.3%) and are almost as popular today (USAGE 1.2%, DOWN 3.5%), but with versions like Ollie becoming less stylish. Olivia has historically been the top pick of parents, although Liv seems to be getting popular too.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Olive, Alivia, Liv, Olevia, Oliva in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Olivette, Olivia, Olivine, Ollie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Olive, Liv, Olivia outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Clove, Odile, Olida, Olimpe (see Olympia), Olina, Oline, Olisa and Onie. These names tend to be less frequently used than Olive.

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