Olivia

name

Etymology: From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

1. A female given name from Latin.

   “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.”

2. A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.
3. An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.