Thoughts on the name Olive?

[OpenRobin]

Hi,
Just wanted to hear people's thoughts on the name Olive?

I imagine a little girl with brown hair who is good, sweet natured, and well behaved girl, who just fades into the background as she never draws attention to herself.

It’s better than Olivia but they will blend in with a sea of Olivia/livvy/livs which I personally hate.

I love it.

Not as keen on Olivia which feels like it tries too hard. Can’t bear Oliver at all.

But Olive feels just perfect.

I love it too.

I like it 🙋🏼‍♀️
I'm a fan of old names like this, I also like names such as Heidi, Hilda, Ada, Eva, Elsie, Pearl, Violet etc

I love it!!!

I don’t like it. However it is less painfully overused than Olivia which seems to be becoming this centuries Sarah.

I like it, but it is too close to the ubiquitous Olivia and Oliver to have been an option for me. It's definitely growing dramatically in popularity and I would expect it to break the top 50 in the next few years (if we ever actually get any data from the ONS). It is probably also worth knowing that it is quite popular for dogs.

You do not need to worry about Olive Oyl or On The Buses unless you anticipate that your baby will spend a lot of time with large groups of over-sixties. In fact, looking at the characters from the TV series (which, incidentally, ended in 1973) it is quite the predictor of current name trends: Stanley, Mabel, Arthur etc.

I think it’s awful. Synonymous with Olive from On The Buses and Olive Oil from Popeye - neither were lookers.

I would assume the name belonged to a little old lady who was over 100 years of age.

Whilst it’s popular, Olivia is far prettier.

I would be genuinely surprised if anyone under the age of forty knew who Olive from On The Buses was. I am early forties and only have a vague idea.

Love it. Would be top of my girls list.

I really like it. It's retro and sweet, and I like that it has a botanical/nature vibe too.

Yes agree. Any parents of an Olive these days would have probably never heard of this program.I am 60 and never watched it..just seems a strange reaction from people TBH.
FWIW I love the name and think Olivia is so dull in comparison.

I don’t think anyone is saying don’t use Olive because of On the Buses , but the OP was asking opinions and obviously there are several of us that associate the name with that and hence dislike it . It’s no different to saying you don’t like x name because you have a bad association with it . For example I dislike Imogen because I’ve known a couple of particularly nasty ones .

It's fine as a name. Not personally one that I would use as it just seems like a food to me, and I don't actually like olives. I know that it's a name and a well used one, but to me it still feels like calling a child Lentil or Grape.

Olive is a drab colour, and a drab name.

Olive Oyl and Olive On the buses. But I am old and the younger generations won't have that association.

I don't like the Nick name of Olly/Ollie as I think of Olly Beak!

Olivia is a nice name.

It's ok and miles better than Olivia.

Really not a fan. Always think it sounds a bit pretentious too.

Under 40, well aware of the British tv programme.

Olive Oyl is off putting too.

Seems to be currently 'in'. I don't like it. It's just very blunt sounding. Much better options avaiiable for me personally.

Love Olive, so timeless!

Olive. On the Buses

Sta-aan !!!😣

There’s a new popeye movie coming out. I’d steer clear!

I love olive x