Olivia
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See also: Olívia
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /əʊˈlɪvi.ə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /oʊˈlɪvi.ə/, /əˈlɪ.vi.ə/
- Hyphenation: O‧liv‧i‧a
- Rhymes: -ɪviə
Proper noun
[edit]Olivia
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act I, scene 1:
- O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield:
- I intended to call her after Aunt Grizel, but my wife who, during pregnancy, had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grizel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia, so that we had two romantic names in the family, but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it.
- 1985, Maeve Binchy, Echoes, Arrow Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 404:
- ‘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.
- A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.
- An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.
Usage notes
[edit]By folk etymology, Olivia is sometimes used as the feminine form of Oliver and, in Scandinavia, of Olaf.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]female given name
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Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olivia
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia
Estonian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olivia
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia
Related terms
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olivia f
- a female given name
Usage notes
[edit]Matronymics
- son of Olivia: Oliviuson
- daughter of Olivia: Oliviudóttir
Declension
[edit]Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Olivia |
Accusative | Oliviu |
Dative | Oliviu |
Genitive | Oliviu |
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olivia
- a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Olivia
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Olivia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Olivia | — | |
genitive | Olivian | — | |
partitive | Oliviaa | — | |
illative | Oliviaan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Olivia | — | |
accusative | nom. | Olivia | — |
gen. | Olivian | ||
genitive | Olivian | — | |
partitive | Oliviaa | — | |
inessive | Oliviassa | — | |
elative | Oliviasta | — | |
illative | Oliviaan | — | |
adessive | Olivialla | — | |
ablative | Olivialta | — | |
allative | Olivialle | — | |
essive | Oliviana | — | |
translative | Oliviaksi | — | |
abessive | Oliviatta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics
[edit]- Olivia is the 123rd most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,790 female individuals (and as a middle name to 16,700 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 9 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olivia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olivia f (genitive Olivias or Olivia)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olivia
- a female given name from English, equivalent to English Olivia
- Olivia Lubis Jensen, b. 1993
Italian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olivia f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia or Olive
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Olivia
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Olivia c (genitive Olivias)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Olivia
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɪviə
- Rhymes:English/ɪviə/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English female given names from Latin
- English terms with quotations
- en:Cities in Minnesota, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in North Carolina, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
- Danish female given names
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
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- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese proper nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- Faroese given names
- Faroese female given names
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɑ/4 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- French 3-syllable words
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- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French given names
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- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German feminine nouns
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- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
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