Last time here in First Names First we had Oliver, so today it is time for its female counterpart Olivia! It is derived from Latin oliva meaning peace.

Pick one of the names below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and see what if anything she could contribute your life with. Spend a couple of minutes of your life with this. Lives lived have all something to tell us – let them!

Olivia Shakespear* (b Tucker) novelist/ playwright – Isle of Wight, England (1863)

Olivia Manning* novelist/poet/reviewer – Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (1908)

Olivia Hooker* U.S. Coast Guard pioneer/psychologist – Muskogee, OK USA (1915)
Olivia de Havilland* British-American actress – Tokyo, Japan (1916)

Olivia Newton-John* British-Australian singer/actress/activist – Cambridge, England (1948) pic

Olivia Wilde* actress – New York, NY USA (1984)
Olivia Borlée* sprinter/OGr – Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium (1986)

Olivia Cooke* actress – Oldham, Greater Manchester, England (1993)
Olivia Holt* actress/singer – Germantown, TN USA (1997)
Olivia DeJonge* actress – Melbourne, VIC Australia (1998)

Olivia Rodrigo* actress/singer – Temecula, CA USA (2003)

Updated 31.1.2023