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Oliva or Olivella

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joieria · 31/07/2021 14:17

Do you prefer Oliva or Olivella for a girl?

We've ruled out Olivia because it's too popular but Olive seems too plain for us. We have Spanish links and want to choose between these two names but can't decide!

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Littlekittyscupcake · 01/08/2021 21:14

I’m not keen on Olive though. It sounds like an old lady’s name and reminds me of Olive from Popeye.

Littlekittyscupcake · 01/08/2021 21:13

I love Olivia. It some lovely shortened versions to it as well. Livia and Liv. Livia etc.

greendress789 · 01/08/2021 21:11

What about Livia instead?

3luckystars · 01/08/2021 21:07

Olive is a great name.

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joieria · 01/08/2021 21:06

Thanks for your ideas. Obviously some people are finding my choices very funny, I'm just doing what everyone is doing and trying to pick the best name for my baby. I am taking your comments into account x

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Adventing · 01/08/2021 20:25

I love Olive and Livia, Lavania is a good option too. As pp have said your other options are a bit long and complicated and Oliva sounds too much like Oliver

NuffSaidSam · 01/08/2021 19:41

'How about Olivinaria or Oliviniarina'

😂

How about Oliviarellaellaohohoh?

mutedrainbows · 01/08/2021 19:28

Oliviniarina is just bonkers 😂

PearlFriday · 01/08/2021 19:10

Sounds like aldi olive margarine

maddiemookins16mum · 01/08/2021 19:03

@Gemma2019

Olivina is a brand of men’s toiletries. How about Olivinaria or Oliviniarina
Please tell me you’re joking?
Nuuktown · 01/08/2021 17:36

English people won’t necessarily know how to pronounce Olivella properly

Gemma2019 · 01/08/2021 17:23

Olivina is a brand of men’s toiletries. How about Olivinaria or Oliviniarina

BiBabbles · 01/08/2021 14:17

I quite like Olivine as a PP suggested, maybe Olivina? Or Olivinia?

Olivine is a mineral, clear ones are used as gemstones (sometimes the gemstones are called peridot, and in some traditions the August birthstone - a woman I know with this name was born in August), so it's similar to calling a child Ruby or Sapphire or Pearl - I'm not sure the added flourishments do much to any of those names, and I find Olivina a bit difficult to say &, as a pp suggested, Lavinia is probably easier to remember and say than Olivinia.

NuffSaidSam · 01/08/2021 13:44

How about Lavinia?

Nohomemadecandles · 01/08/2021 13:40

If you're OK with it being pronounced olive-ella in the UK (Unless you correct to a Spanish pronunciation every time someone reads it)

Oliva looks like a typo. Or a "cool" speller of Oliver.

I'm not a fan. Sorry

Fauvist · 01/08/2021 13:36

Olivia and Olive are both really nice names. Oliva, Olivella, Olivine and Olivina are all awful.

NuffSaidSam · 01/08/2021 13:35

They're all pretty terrible. They all look like what they are i.e. someone who wants to call their child Olivia but needs to be 'different' or cr8ive.

If Olivia is too popular just look for a different name.

ILoveShula · 01/08/2021 13:34

Aceintunela would be more authetic

Bortles · 01/08/2021 13:33

Agree with a pp that Livia is better. Although Liver. Not keen on the whole Olive Oilness of Olivia anyway really.

ILoveShula · 01/08/2021 13:30

Olivella but you need to pronounce it the Spanish way.

Gemma2019 · 01/08/2021 12:44

Just go for Olivia - it’s a beautiful name. I’d rather have a popular name than a weird made up one. Don’t do this to your child.

CloseYourEyesAndSee · 01/08/2021 12:37

I quite like Olivine as a PP suggested, maybe Olivina? Or Olivinia?

Are you just inventing 'names' now? They are all awful. The feminine of Oliver is Olivia. You could have Olive. You can't just whack random syllables on the end of Oliver and call it a girls name!

EducatingArti · 01/08/2021 12:32

Olivera or Olivine/Olivina would be better!

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joieria · 01/08/2021 12:28

Oh thank you for all your comments. I see they're not very popular choices... actually I hadn't really thought of Oliva sounding like Oliver for some reason!

I guess I know what you mean about Olivella but I think once you knew a child with the name people wouldn't think of butter. I still like it even though obviously I am in a minority!

I quite like Olivine as a PP suggested, maybe Olivina? Or Olivinia?

Thank you for your other suggestions, I'll have another look through.

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India999 · 01/08/2021 10:45

God there are some rude people on here!

Both are nice but Oliva may be confused for Oliver.

Another one to throw into the mix could be Olivette? I know one, and have always thought it's a lovely name.