OLIVE  

Gender: F
Origin: English, from Latin, nature name
Meaning: "olive tree"

Popularity in 2008: #813

Though greatly overshadowed by the trendy Olivia, Olive has a quiet, subtle appeal of its own -- if you just ignore the image of Olive Oyl, Popeye's steady. Cool couple Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron (Borat) Cohen chose it for their daughter.

Variations:
Olivette, Olivet, Oliffe, Oliff, Olie, Olly, Ollie

People who like Olive also like:

Adeline, Audrey, Willa, Clara, Frances, Gemma, Hazel, Imogen, Maeve, Matilda, Rose, Wren, Oliver, Felix, Vivian

Olive is being discussed in our message boards:

• Cheaper By the Dozen
• Triple A, Triple B, Triple C... Girls!
• AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, FG, GH....GIRLS
• Nothing seems to go with 'Anderson'... Need First Name!
• Words!!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Olive:

• OLD LADY NAMES: Ready for the Next Wave?
• NATURE NAMES: Will trees be the new flower names?
• THE BABY WITH NO NAME
• AUTUMN NAMES
• COLORFUL CRAYON NAMES