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Olive

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agirlandherdog1234 · 26/12/2025 14:11

Love it. But does it just blend in with the ridiculously popular Olivia? Thoughts?

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SnowDaysAndBadLays · 26/12/2025 19:04

It makes me think of olives, which I love but wouldn't name a baby that as i imagine big round shiny green/black/purple heads.

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agirlandherdog1234 · 26/12/2025 18:56

Emanwenym · 26/12/2025 18:29

@MerryAndBrightLaLaLa It's a nice name but it's so overused that it looks like the parents couldn't be bothered. Her middle name is probably Rose, Grace or May.

Olive or Olivia?

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magicscares · 26/12/2025 18:41

I think it’s lovely.

AmyDuPlantier · 26/12/2025 18:38

Oh it’s awful to my ear. Very lumpen and drab.

Emanwenym · 26/12/2025 18:29

@MerryAndBrightLaLaLa It's a nice name but it's so overused that it looks like the parents couldn't be bothered. Her middle name is probably Rose, Grace or May.

Shortestdayyay · 26/12/2025 18:21

Really bad.

MerryAndBrightLaLaLa · 26/12/2025 18:19

Emanwenym · 26/12/2025 17:26

Olivia is much more elegant and nicer imho. It is but there are so many of them.

Boring!!!

MerryAndBrightLaLaLa · 26/12/2025 18:19

Love it!

Blingismything · 26/12/2025 17:36

Love it, I know an Olive in her late twenties and a few younger ones.

Emanwenym · 26/12/2025 17:26

Olivia is much more elegant and nicer imho. It is but there are so many of them.

Berlinlover · 26/12/2025 17:25

Absolutely awful OP, sorry.

MoominMai · 26/12/2025 17:23

Pranksters · 26/12/2025 15:39

I don’t like it at all, I think it’s so frumpy and drab.

Must admit, makes me immediately think of Olive from the buses or Olive Oil from Popeye. As a colour it’s not particularly vibrant either. Olivia is much more elegant and nicer imho.

OctopusFriend · 26/12/2025 17:20

agirlandherdog1234 · 26/12/2025 17:02

That's what I was asking essentially in my post. I feel Olive has a different vibe to Olivia, but on a larger scale Olive does feel like it just blends into the millions of Olivia's that are about.
I love the name. I just love a good discussion also :)

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Olivia has been 1st or 2nd most popular girls' name in the UK for about 10 years now.
Olive has a totally different vibe and is far nicer, imo, but you may get the "Liv"shortening, which is as ubiquitous as Lily, Izzy and Evie at the moment.

Emanwenym · 26/12/2025 17:04

Pranksters · 26/12/2025 15:39

I don’t like it at all, I think it’s so frumpy and drab.

Same here. Olive Oyl or Olive from On the Buses.

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agirlandherdog1234 · 26/12/2025 17:02

Moreteaandchocolate · 26/12/2025 16:56

I like it, but there are so many Liv’s around short for Olivia that it might blend into those.

That's what I was asking essentially in my post. I feel Olive has a different vibe to Olivia, but on a larger scale Olive does feel like it just blends into the millions of Olivia's that are about.
I love the name. I just love a good discussion also :)

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OctopusFriend · 26/12/2025 17:01

agirlandherdog1234 · 26/12/2025 16:29

Funny because I actually hate Olives 🤣🙃 but I can disassociate and I do love the name...

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If you love the name, use it.

Moreteaandchocolate · 26/12/2025 16:56

I like it, but there are so many Liv’s around short for Olivia that it might blend into those.

PurpleReindeer2 · 26/12/2025 16:55

Much prefer Olivia.

HoldingTheDoor · 26/12/2025 16:33

It’s such an unattractive name. I don’t understand the appeal at all.

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agirlandherdog1234 · 26/12/2025 16:29

Jugendstiel · 26/12/2025 16:22

I don't like it at all. Why call your child after a small green or brown salty or oily fruit? I think of Popeye and On The Buses too. It's so drab.

Funny because I actually hate Olives 🤣🙃 but I can disassociate and I do love the name...

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agirlandherdog1234 · 26/12/2025 16:28

DreadingWinter · 26/12/2025 16:16

My first thought. Poor Olive was hideous with the ugliest glasses and frumpy.

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I appreciate people's associations with names and stuff, but as the name Olive has revived a bit, the association would no longer be that? I'd like to think??

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Jugendstiel · 26/12/2025 16:22

I don't like it at all. Why call your child after a small green or brown salty or oily fruit? I think of Popeye and On The Buses too. It's so drab.

Avantiagain · 26/12/2025 16:17

"Hardly a contemporary social more."

That depends upon the age of the person. I grew up with a parent who described ugly glasses as Olive glasses. I agree that the child's own peers are unlikely to know the reference.

DreadingWinter · 26/12/2025 16:16

Avantiagain · 26/12/2025 15:53

On the buses.

My first thought. Poor Olive was hideous with the ugliest glasses and frumpy.

OctopusFriend · 26/12/2025 16:06

Avantiagain · 26/12/2025 15:53

On the buses.

Hardly a contemporary social more.

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