Olivia

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Olivia is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.7M records spelled Olivia78 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Trinidad & Tobago, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Danish

  Also written Olívia, Ολιβια, Ოლივია, অলিভিয়া, โอลิเวีย

• French given name348K records spelled Olivia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Philippines

  Also written Olívia, Olivià, Olîvîà, O'Livia

• Finnish given name113K records spelled Olivia4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Õlỉvỉã, Õlîvîã

• Polish given name75K records spelled Olivia66 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Russia, Kazakhstan, United States

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Оливия, Oliviia, Olivija, Олівія, Оливиа

• a separate given name51K records spelled Olivia2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Olívia

• Indonesian given name41K records spelled Olivia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Olivia, Olivia', Olívia

• Catalan given name26K records spelled Olivia2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Olívia

74 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Olivia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Latinate name, first used by Shakespeare for the rich heiress wooed by the duke in Twelfth Night (1599). Shakespeare may have taken it as a feminine form of pOliver or he may have derived it from Latin oliva ‘olive’. In the 1970s it came to be associated with the Australian pop singer and actress Olivia Newton-John (b. 1948).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• A form of Olive used by Shakespeare in Twelfth Night. It became an established name in England in the eighteenth century, and it probably spread from there to Ireland, where use of the name is currently increasing.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In French, Forme féminine liée au latin oliva, « olivier, olive ». Fête: 5 mars (sainte Olivia) dans l’usage chrétien.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Swedish, Olivia är dels en femininform till → Oliver, dels ett latinskt namn, bildat till oliva ’olivträd’. Namnet ska enligt en källa först ha använts av William Shakespeare i Tretton dagsafton (ca 1601). Olivia har varit bland de mest populära namnen under hela 2000-talet. I den rikssvenska almanackan 15 april och i den finlandssvenska 29 maj.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Du latin oliva, « olivier, olive ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Olivia de Havillandb. 1916FRBritish actress (1916–2020)
• Judi Denchb. 1934GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress (born 1934)
• Olivia Newton-Johnb. 1948GBBritish–Australian singer (1948–2022)
• Olivia Williamsb. 1968GBBritish actress (born 1968)
• Olivia Colmanb. 1974GBBritish actress
• Emily Bluntb. 1983GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (born 1983)
• Olivia Wildeb. 1984USAmerican actress and film director (born 1984)
• Olivia Culpob. 1992USAmerican model (born 1992)
• Olivia Cookeb. 1993GBBritish actress (born 1993)
• Dove Cameronb. 1996USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and singer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,922 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Olivia?

We estimate roughly 669 thousand people bear Olivia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Olivia have the most bearers?

We estimate about 449 thousand people bear Olivia in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled olivia.

Where is Olivia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Olivia is densest in Finland — about 1 in 220 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Olivia compared with other names?

In Mexico, Olivia is the 185th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Olivia a male or female name?

Olivia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Olivia mean?

Recorded meaning: Shakespearean form of Olive; established in England and later spread to Ireland.