Olive - Meaning of Olive

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[ 2 syll. o-li-ve, ol-ive ] The baby girl name Olive is pronounced AO-LihV †. Olive has its origins in the Latin language. It is used largely in the English and French languages. Olive is a variant transcription of Olivia (English, German, and Italian).

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Olive is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also viewed as fairly trendy. In 1900, 0.222% of baby girls were given the name Olive. It had a ranking of #95 then. The baby name has seen a substantial decline in popularity since then. In 2018, it ranked at #270 with a usage of 0.066%, enjoying a minor resurgence in the recent decade. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Olive, Olivia was the most frequently used. It was more regularly used than Olive by 15 times in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Olive include Oliff, Oliffe, Ailbe, Ailbhe, Alba, Alby, Alfi, Alfie, Allfie, Alpha, Alva, Alvee, Alvey, Alvie, Alvy, Alvye, Ulphee, Ulphey, Ulphi, and Ulphy.

† Pronunciation for Olive: AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; V as in "vow (V.AW)"

A famous person named Olive is Animated Character, Olive Oyl.