Olive

English, from Latin, nature name

"olive tree"

Olive Origin and Meaning

The name Olive is a girl's name of English origin meaning "olive tree".

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.

Olive Rank in US Top 1000

# 181 in the US

Olive Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 133 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Olive

• 181 US 2023
• 133 Nameberry 2025
• 147 Canada 2023
• 129 Future 2028
• 57 England 2023
• 107 Scotland 2024
• 61 Australia 2024
• 32 New Zealand 2024
• 36 Dogs 2023
• 17 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Olive

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Olive.

• Poppy
• Daisy
• June
• Hazel
• Ruby
• Mabel
• Clementine
• Ivy
• Mae
• Birdie
• Pearl
• Winnie
• Fern
• Clover
• Juniper
• Violet
• Flora
• Maisie
• Pippa
• Wren

Famous People Named Olive

• (Olive) Marie Osmond American singer and actress
• Olive May Osmond matriarch of the American Osmond singing family
• Olive Thomas (born Oliva R. Duffy) American silent film actress
• Olive Dora Sturgess Canadian actress
• Olive Ann Burns American novelist
• Olive Cecilia Paget Lady Baille, Anglo,American heiress
• Olive Oatman American pioneer captured by Native Americans and freed five years later
• Olive Deering American actress
• Olive Nevart Zorian English violinist
• Olive Borden American actress
• Olive Ann Beech American aviatrix
• Olive Carey (born Olive Fuller Golden) American actress
• Olive Loughnane Irish Olympic athlete
• Olive Dame Campbell American folklorist and author
• Olive Fremstad (born Anna Olivia Rundquist) Swedish,America mezzo,soprano
• Olive Eva daughter of singer Amber Nichols
• Olive Baron Cohen (b. 2007) daughter of actors Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher
• Olive Barrymore Kopelman (b. 2012) daughter of actress Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman
• 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 Belle Guerra daughter of rugby leaguer Aidan Guerra and Belinda Bartholomew,Walsh
• Olive Speers (b. 2014) daughter of broadcaster David Speers
• Olive Uniacke stepdaughter of film producer David Heyman
• Olive Mae Puro (b. 2015) daughter of actress Marla Sokoloff and Alec Puro

The name Olive in Pop Culture

• Olive Snook character on TV's "Pushing Daisies"
• "Olive Kitteredge " novel, TV movie and its main character
• Olive Hoover character in film "Little Miss Sunshine"
• Olive Penderghast character in film "Easy A"
• "Olive the Other Reindeer," book by J. Otto Seibold and its main character, a dog
• Olive Oyl Popeye's girlfriend in the Popeye series
• Olive Butler Rudge a character on British TV series "On the Buses"
• Olive Abroholos Elephanta character in Ransom Riggs' "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" series
• Olive a character on TV's "Odd Squad"
• Olive a character from the Canadian animated series "Justin Time"
• "Olive's Ocean " novel by Kevin Henkes and film
• Olive Doyle a character on TV's "A.N.T Farm"
• Olive cook in The Bash St. Kids' comics
• Olive Hornby minor character in the Harry Potter series
• Olive Durwoody main protagonist in the "Books of Elsewhere" series
• Olive Silverlock character from DC's Gotham Academy
• Olive Specter (nee Muenda previously Thanasia and Mortis), character in "Sims" series
• Olive Crew Clancy Crew's sister in the "Ruby Redfort" book series