Olivia (Twelfth Night), a character in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night

Olivia Newton-John, an Australian singer and actress, is occasionally referred to simply as "Olivia" on her album covers

Olivia Lufkin, sometimes called OLIVIA, a Japanese singer

Olivia MFSK, an amateur radio digital transmission protocol

Olivia the Band, a Christian rock band from Haleiwa, Hawaii

Olivia (singer), an American R&B singer, born Olivia Longott

Olivia (Dreamfall), a fictional character from Dreamfall

Olivia (novel), a novel published in 1949 by Dorothy Bussy under the pen name "Olivia"

Olivia de Berardinis, pin-up artist

Olivia, North Carolina, a town in the United States of America

Olivia Records, a record label

A common misspelling of Oliva, Spain

Olivia (company), a lesbian-oriented travel company

The singer of the band No Commercial Value

Olivia Ong, Singaporean singer

Olivia (play), a play by William Gorman Wills

835 Olivia, a minor planet

Olivia is a female name pronounced oh-LIV-ee-ah. It is a Latinate name, coined by Shakespeare for the rich heiress wooed by the duke in Twelfth Night (1599). He might have derived the name from the olive plant (Latin: 'oliva') or used it as a feminine form of Oliver.^[1] In addition to many people forenamed "Olivia", the following people and things are sometimes known simply as "Olivia":

Olivia de Havilland, double Oscar-winning Japanese-born American actress and leading lady in Gone with the Wind

Olivia Hussey, Argentine actress, best know for her role of Jessica Bradford, in Canadian horror film Black Christmas

Olivia (fictional pig), protagonist of several children's books by Ian Falconer

Olivia Benson, a fictional character on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, played by Mariska Hargitay

Olivia (Buffyverse), a minor character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer