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Thoughts on / alternatives to Olive?

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Reclining · 28/12/2022 08:05

Please help! This is the only name we can agree on but I'm not 100% sure.

Little sister to Jasmine.

We're not keen on names ending in -a but not 100% against.

Prefer familiar names that aren't super popular.

Slightly put off Olive because of the popularity of Oliver and Olivia (is that rational?)

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Talapia · 29/12/2022 02:54

I also think of Olive Oil, Olive from on the buses and wasn't little Miss Sunshine Olive? It does sound like a frumpy plain name next to Jasmine .

How about
Heather
Tess
Meredith nickname Edie
Elisabeth
Elspeth

Trez1510 · 29/12/2022 02:46

Jasmine & Libby
Jasmine & Phoebe
Jasmine & Verity
Jasmine & Felicity
Jasmine & Lottie
Jasmine & Lois
Jasmine & Calista

Conkered · 28/12/2022 23:50

Alice

DeadDonkey · 28/12/2022 23:28

I really like Olive - but what about Florence.

Consufed · 28/12/2022 22:23

How about

Lucy
Honor
Cerys
Frances
Zoe
Pearl
Romy

Mumofgirls2017 · 28/12/2022 22:11

I love Olive and think has different feel to Olivia/ Oliver. However alternatives:

ottilie
orla
iris
violet
clementine
willow
ivy
wren
river
coral
flora
juniper
clover
eden

HoldingTheDoor · 28/12/2022 18:01

Olive is such a frumpy awkward name. I'll never understand the attraction.

Gingersnappy · 28/12/2022 17:49

Love Olive

KirstenBlest · 28/12/2022 15:30

On the Buses. Olive Oyl.
Jasmine is lovely but Olive is awful

excelledyourself · 28/12/2022 15:27

Jasmine and Sadie

cafenoirbiscuit · 28/12/2022 15:21

I know it ends with an a, but I love Martha.

DramaAlpaca · 28/12/2022 15:16

I adore Olive, even though I remember On The Buses.

How about Daphne?

countrypunk · 28/12/2022 15:12

@ekm21 I think Jessica is a lovely middle name for Olive.

If I had daughters they'd be called Olive and Mabel!

SemperIdem · 28/12/2022 14:27

Olive is such an unattractive name, I’m mystified by it’s popularity.

I think Sylvie sounds nice with Jasmine.

ekm21 · 28/12/2022 14:03

Absolutely LOVE Olive and it will 99% be our next child’s name (if we get another girl). My only issue with it is that I can’t find a perfect middle name.

We have a Mabel. Also love Margot and Elva.

tasamoon · 28/12/2022 11:21

I'm another one who really dislikes Olive I'm afraid. Olive oil, a brown, greasy name. Whereas Jasmine is such a pretty, glamorous name!

What about:

Alice
Eve
Amber
Belle
Ellie
Elle
Isobel
Xanthe
Juliet
Lydia
Iseult
Aster
Elise
Delphine

JenniferVeronique · 28/12/2022 10:42

I like both Olive and Olivia though I wouldn't use them myself.

Love the suggestion of Clover! I think Jasmine and Clover would make cute sisters. Jasmine and Violet sound adorable together too.

Oher · 28/12/2022 10:25

Not keen on Olive, personally. Just doesn’t have a particularly nice sound or meaning. And yes Popeye 😬 If you love it you should use it and ifnorenus, but if you don’t love it, keep looking.

If you like semi-unusual nature names are any of these any good?

Robyn
Rowena
Lilith
Juniper
Cassia
Farley
Clover

CaptBuckyOHare · 28/12/2022 10:23

Olive has grown on me, mainly due to my daughter's obsession with Odd Squad! However I don't think it pairs well with Jasmine.

If youre looking for a floral name, how about:
Lilac
Leilani (think this pairs really nicely with Jasmine)
Marguerite
Orchid (if you want something a bit more out there!)
Marigold

cariadlet · 28/12/2022 10:14

I'm another one who immediately thinks of On The Buses. I thought of it as an awful name for years.

Then I taught an Olive. She's a lovely girl and I associate the name with her now.

If it becomes a popular name, negative connotations will disappear for most people.

Zarzuela · 28/12/2022 10:11

The Jasmine I know has a sister called Eden/Edie, think they go well.

Lavendersquare · 28/12/2022 10:10

When I hear Olive I first think of Olive from On the Buses, and secondly the Labrador Olive from Olive & Mabel, neither would make me consider the name for a baby. You do also realise that she will be forever known as Olive Oil in school!

As others have said, Jasmine is such a pretty name and Olive just isn't. One is a fragrant exotic flower the other is a dull fruit that we get cooking oil from. I know you're not keen but Olivia is much prettier and doesn't have any of the oily/dullness of Olive.

Krakenwakes · 28/12/2022 10:06

I really dislike Olive. I find it ugly and dull next to Jasmine. I like plain and simple names, but Olive is a step too far.

Plantsaregreen · 28/12/2022 10:06

I really don’t get the popularity of Olive. I know 3 young Olive’s all born within a year of each other and I think the parents all wanted something unusual! It’s also so close to Olivia, so I don’t understand using it if you want an unusual name. I think it’s also rising fast in popularity. The kids named it are all lovely so that has made it grow on me a bit, but I’m not a huge fan.

Singleandproud · 28/12/2022 10:02

My grandmother and her sisters all had floral names
Olive
Ivy
Daisy
Poppy
Rosemary
Willow

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