Olivia nn

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WHat's your favourite nickname for Olivia?

Liv

Liv.

Nice and simple.

Livvy is cute too.

Liv

How about Livia or Lia?

I heard Richard E Grant on the radio today and I'm pretty sure he said his nickname for his daughter (Olivia?) was Oily as he and his wife thought she would look like Olive Oil before she was born.

Excuse vagueness of the above but my satnav was talking over the radio so I may have not heard it all correctly

Liv

Livia is nice, although it’s a separate (less overused) name, so you could just go for that.

Lia is really nothing-y

Liffey

I don't think I would shorten Olivia - it's not exactly a long name.
I don't understand this 'nickname' concept that Mumsnet has. Shortening a name is one thing but to me a nickname is something like Moo Moo or Dinky Do that has a silly back story.

I have a multitude of them for my Olivia 😂 Liv, livvy, olivvy, livvy loo which then became loo loo.

Livi or Oli are my favourites.

Liv

I school I hear Liv, Livvy, Lily Livia

Libby

Libby is my favourite

Libby is usually short for Elizabeth but i like the idea of using it for Olivia. My friend is Olivia but has always been called Lily

All Olivias I know are Liv.

Liberty often shortens to Lib

I like unisex names so I’d go with Olly.

Ollie

Ols

Liv. When I had my DD, I was adamant she would not be Ollie and she never has been.

I’ve never come across another Olivia with Ollie as a shortening.

I'm an 80s born Olivia, when it was pretty unusual, and am almost always Liv or Livy. I've never been an Ollie or anything else. In the past, people would often ask if there was a shortening, now I find that if I introduce myself as Olivia, then I get asked if I am a Liv or Livy, generally nothing else!

Via

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My goddaughter is Liv or Livvy. Except to me.

I call her Olive. Have done since she was about five. Noone else is allowed to, apparently! 😁

My niece is Freya, but I call her Bob. I think Olive got off lightly 🤣🤣🤣.

I know it's radical on MN but why don't you just call her Olivia? Nicknames arise spontaneously, not in this weird pre-planned way that parents seem to want.