Livia
Top 1000
About Livia
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 but unlike its popular sister Olivia, it's never risen that high in the ranks. But Livia is a Top 100 girls' name in many other countries, including France, the Netherlands, Brazil, Sweden, Switzerland, and Austria.
Pronounced LIV-ee-uh.
As of October 2026, Livia ranked #820 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #667 in 2014, Nameberry popularity #626.
Editor's take: The name Livia is a girl's name of Spanish, Latin origin meaning "blue, envious".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #667 | 428 | 239.6 |
| 2015 | #724 | 393 | 220.2 |
| 2016 | #712 | 400 | 225.7 |
| 2017 | #734 | 386 | 223.6 |
| 2018 | #680 | 430 | 252.8 |
| 2019 | #762 | 368 | 219.3 |
| 2020 | #816 | 334 | 206.6 |
| 2021 | #776 | 366 | 223.1 |
| 2022 | #893 | 312 | 190.2 |
| 2023 | #826 | 334 | 208.2 |
| 2024 | #836 | 321 | 198.1 |
| 2025 | #820 | 332 | 206.6 |
World rankings
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Livia on lists
Famous Livias
- Livia Drusilla
wife of Roman Emperor Augustus
- Livia della Rovere
last Duchess of Urbino
- Livia Turco
Italian politician
- Livia d'Arco
Italian singer
- Livia Brito
Cuban,Mexican actress
- Livia Lang
Austrian Olympic synchronized swimmer
- Livia Zita
Hungarian singer of heavy metal band King Diamond
- Livia Renata Souza
Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Livia Bitton
Jackson (born Elli L. Friedmann), Czech,American historian
- Livia Firth
founder of the Green Carpet Challenge; wife of actor Colin Firth
- Livia Charles Basche (b. 2008)
daughter of actors David Alan Basche and Alysia Reiner
Livia in pop culture
- Livia Pollio Soprano
character on "The Sopranos"
- Anna Livia Plurabelle
character in "Finnegans Wake" by James Joyce
- Livia "Livvy" Blackthorn
character in 'The Dark Artifices' by Cassandra Clare
- Livia
character in "Livia, or Buried Alive" by Lawrence Durrell
- Livia Corvius
video game character in "Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion"
- Livia Price
character in series "School Spirits"