Olive: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “olive tree”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- OL-iv · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
From the English word for the olive tree, ultimately from Latin oliva. It has long been used as a given name, sometimes associated with peace through the olive branch symbol.
How popular is Olive?
Babies named Olive in 20241,778
2024 rank#170 girls
Peak year1893
Total US babies since 188065,699
Olive is rising: use over the last five years is 2.1× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Olive
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Olive questions
What does the name Olive mean?
Olive means "olive tree". It comes from English. From the English word for the olive tree, ultimately from Latin oliva. It has long been used as a given name, sometimes associated with peace through the olive branch symbol.
Is Olive a boy or girl name?
Olive is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Olive?
1,778 US babies were named Olive in 2024. Its peak year was 1893.
How do you pronounce Olive?
Olive is usually pronounced OL-iv.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.