Oliva

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Female Name

Usage

Norwegian
Swedish
Danish
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

1) Variant form of Oleiv (see Oleif)

2) Female form of Ola

3) Female form of Ole (see Óli)

4) Female form of Oliver

5) Latin oliva = 'olive fruit', 'olive tree'

6) Variant form of Olivia

Related Names

Oliv	♀
Oliva	♀
Olive	♀

See also Olivia

Combinations

For combinations see OLIV (name element)

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Oliva
Genitive:	Olivas

- Finnish
Nominative:	Oliva
Genitive:	Olivan
Partitive:	Olivaa

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Oliva
Genitive:	Olivas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Oliva
Genitive:	Olivas

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1720

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden: 1865-1919
• Norway: 1905-1915

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • 19th century:
    • Blekinge see map
    • Skåne see map
  • In modern times:
    • Southern Sweden
    • Sydsverige
• Norway:
  • 18th century:
    • Hedmark
  • Around 1900:
    • Vestlandet
    • Nordafjells (esp. Troms)
  • In modern times:
    • Troms

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 353 people were named Oliva (percentage of first or only given name: 14 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		18	90	18	88	0	2
Denmark		26	n.a.	25	n.a.	1	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	8	n.a.	8	0	0
Norway		106	n.a.	106	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: 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.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Oliva (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.