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Olive (female)

Variants:Oliva (F)
Derivative of:Olivia (F)
Masculine form:Oliver (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

English, from Latin olivia "the olive tree".

Olivia [q.v.] and Oliva were used in earlier times, Olive being coined from the name of the tree in the 19th century.