Livia

LIV-ee-ah

Diminutive of Olivia or Latin

"blue, envious"

Livia Origin and Meaning

The name Livia is a girl's name of Spanish, Latin origin meaning "blue, envious".

Though it sounds like a chopped-off variation of Olivia, which means olive, the distinctively attractive Livia has been an independent name since the days of the ancient Romans, when it belonged to Livia Drusilla—the powerful wife of the Emperor Augustus—and is still commonly heard in modern Italy.

Livia was a literary favorite from the sixteenth century, appearing in the plays of John Fletcher and Thomas Middleton, and playing a minor role in Romeo and Juliet. Anna Livia Plurabelle is the name of a character in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.

Livia entered the US Top 1000 in 2004.

Livia Popularity

• 812 US 2020
• 306 Nameberry 2021
• 530 Future 2028
• 542 England 2020
• 71 France 2020
• 157 Germany 2016
• 76 Netherlands 2020
• 48 Sweden 2020
• 45 Finland 2020
• 59 Belgium 2020
• 30 Switzerland 2020
• 130 Poland 2020