Olive

Though greatly overshadowed by the trendy Olivia, Olive has a quiet, subtle appeal of its own -- and is now enjoying a remarkable comeback. Olive is one of only four girl names starting with O on the US Top 1000. Cool couple Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen chose it for their daughter, reviving the name to stylishness, and now Drew Barrymore has a little Olive too, as has country singer Jake Owen.

Olive has positive associations to the olive branch as a symbol of peace and the ancient olive wreath that celebrated success.

Olive was the name of the adorable Abigail Breslin character in the popular movie Little Miss Sunshine. Olive Chancellor is a major character in Henry James's The Bostonians and Olive Kitteridge is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Elizabeth Strout novel that was adapted into a TV miniseries in 2014. Kids might be familiar with Olive the Other Reindeer.

Olive came into fashion at the end of the nineteenth century along with other botanical names, when it had a run in the Top 100.

Gender

Girl

Meaning

olive tree

Origin

English, from Latin, nature name

Numerology

O is for ornate, nothing plain here!

L is for love, your love of life!

I is for inspire, others seek your guidance.

V is for verve! Your enthusiasm!

E is for eternal, your spirit will live.

Lucky

Olive lucky number is 9.

The mission for 9 is to reach its highest state of consciousness, and to help others also achieve this spiritual awareness. 9 is not afraid to transform, and its malleable spirit inspires others to explore their own ranges of motion. Since 9, in many ways, has transcended the physical plane, it must constantly remember to anchor itself.

Famous People Named Olive

• Olive Cecilia Paget Lady Baille, Anglo,American heiress
• Olive Tennant (b. 2011) daughter of actor David Tennant and Georgia Moffett
• Olive Wojcinski (b. 2011) daughter of Australian rules footballer David Wojcinski
• Olive Pearl Owen (b. 2012) daughter of Jake Owen and Lacey Buchanan
• Olive Avery Lawson (b. 2013) daughter of musician Jesse Lawson

Olive in Pop Culture

• Jeremiah Fisher character in Jenny Han's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"
• Jeremiah Kincaid character from movie "So Dear to My Heart"
• Jeremiah Tortoise character on TV series "Bear in the Big Blue House"
• Jeremiah "Jem" Merlyn character in Daphne du Maurier's "Jamaica Inn"
• Jeremiah Danvers character on TV's "Supergirl"