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What does Olive mean?
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)
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.
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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