What does "olivia" mean?

A female given name from Latin.

Olivia

Common synonyms include: character name, female name, fictional name, first name, given name, play character name.

/oʊˈlɪvi.ə/ name

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Proper Noun

1
A female given name from Latin.
"O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence."
2
A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.
3
An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.

"Olivia doesn't appear very much."

From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.