Olivia

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Latin oliva = 'olive' ^{[1] [2] [3]}

2) Female form of Oliver ^[3]

Related Names

Oliivja	♀
Olivia	♀
Oliwia	♀
Olivina	♀
Uliivi	♀
Uliivja	♀

See also Lilli, Liva, Livia, Olli, Vivi

Name Days

Finland

29 May

Finland (Swedish Language)

29 May

Sweden

15 April

Grammar

- Faroese
Nominative:	Olivia
Accusative:	Oliviu
Dative:	Oliviu
Genitive:	Oliviu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1734 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		9219	18312	2	3
Denmark[5]		3106	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[6]		599	888	0	0
Finland[7]		n.a.	12520	n.a	3
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[4][5][6][7]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[6]:

Sources: ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi