| Olivia | ||||
| Gender: | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin: | Latin | |||
| Meaning: | Peace | |||
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":
- 835 Olivia, a minor planet
- Olivia, North Carolina, a town in the United States of America
- Olivia de Berardinis, pin-up artist
- Olivia de Havilland, double Oscar-winning Japanese-born American actress and leading lady in Gone with the Wind
- Olivia (singer), an American R&B singer, born Olivia Longott
- Olivia Hussey, Argentine actress, best know for her role of Jessica Bradford, in Canadian horror film Black Christmas
- Olivia Lufkin, sometimes called OLIVIA, a Japanese singer
- Olivia MFSK, an amateur radio digital transmission protocol
- Olivia Newton-John, an Australian singer and actress, is occasionally referred to simply as "Olivia" on her album covers
- Olivia Ong, Singaporean singer
- Olivia (fictional pig), protagonist of several children's books by Ian Falconer
- Olivia the Band, a Christian rock band from Haleiwa, Hawaii
- Olivia (novel), a novel published in 1949 by Dorothy Bussy under the pen name "Olivia"
- Olivia (film), a 1951 French motion picture based on this novel
- Connect, a lifestyle social networking destination for lesbians
- Olivia (play), a play by William Gorman Wills
- 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
- Olivia (Dreamfall), a fictional character from Dreamfall
- Olivia (Twelfth Night), a character in Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
- The singer of the band No Commercial Value
- Olivia Records, a record label
- A common misspelling of Oliva, Spain
- Olivia (company), a lesbian-oriented travel company
References
- ^ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.210.
