Thoughts on / alternatives to Olive?

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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?)

Sorry but I don't like Olive at all I'm afraid.
On The Buses always springs to mind...especially if she ends up having to wear glasses!

I think you need something pretty to go with Jasmine.

Fern
Briar
Sophie.
Emily.
Lily.
Willow.
Summer.
Rosalind/Rosalie.

Does the name Meredith sound a little like Olive (similar ending)?

Sorry but I’m another one who can’t get on board with Olive (and I’m someone who’s usually in favour of non-traditionally pretty, ‘marmite’ names - DD has one). It just feels incredibly plain and dowdy to me, and both the fruit and the colour are pretty divisive too!

One of DD‘s friends is an Olive and tbh I feel a little sorry for her whenever I see her - she is so lively and sparky and her name…isn’t.

I do like lots of other nature names though, many of which pair well with Jasmine:

Hazel
Aster/Asta
Rowan
Fern
Iris
Pearl
Briar
Wren
Cassia
Flora
Violet/Viola

I'm not keen on Olive as I also associate it with Popeye and it just doesn't look very pretty to me but if you like it then use it!
I really like Ottliie (sp) and you'd still be able to use Ollie.
Jasmine and Ottilie sounds nice

Iris
Fern
Hazel
Aster

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

I think Sylvie sounds nice with Jasmine.

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

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

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

How about Daphne?

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

Jasmine and Sadie

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

Love Olive

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

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