olivia
/oʊˈlɪvi.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Latin.
name
A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.
name
An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.
Example Sentences
- "O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence."
- "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."
- "‘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."
- "Olivia Nuzzi has parted ways with New York magazine, the publication said Monday, after the star Washington correspondent was placed on leave last month over a previously undisclosed “personal relationship” with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *elaíwāder. Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva)bor.? Latin olīvader. Latin Olīvader. English Olivia From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Olīva
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /oʊˈlɪvi.ə/
- British English: /əʊˈlɪvi.ə/