Thoughts on the name Olive?

[OpenRobin]

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

Love Elsie too x

Really don't like it ..I just think of On the Buses which is odd as it's over 50 years since I saw it

I'm almost 60 though and so probably my opinion of the name of your dd won't carry too much weight.

When I named DS Archie my Dparents mumbled about Archie Andrews who I'd never heard of, it's a generation thing

😁

It makes me think of Olive Oyl. But, it’s actually a really sweet name.

ps edited to change the spelling as I mean from Popeye not actual olive oil!

Me too..must be the same vintage!

I immediately thought of Olive from on the buses, though you might not be old enough to remember. I think there's nicer sounding names tbh.

I think it’s really really drab and ugly. I like eating olives but that also applies to lamb chops and I wouldn’t inflict that on a child.

Makes me think of a short dumpy overweight woman with huge plastic glasses.

That's exactly who I was thinking of. 🤣🤣🤣Olivia is prettier but is a popular name choice.

Or Benthany oh that thread.🤣🤣🤣

I think it’s really awful. 😬

Although it’s obviously very like Olivia, it has a totally different vibe/feel to me.

It’s not ugly but just reminds me of olive oyl from popeye

olivia is much prettier

Absolutely adore the name Olive! It was on our list of names when I was pregnant. It’s not very common and so cute.

I am very grateful not to have the same name as food/a pizza topping.

Frumpy, sorry

Doesn’t matter. With either Olive or Olivia, she’ll drop all extraneous syllables at the age of 12 and be Liv for the rest of her life anyway.

It’s awful. Sounds ugly to say, and you would be naming your child after a rather unattractive looking fruit.

I too remember Olive from On The Buses.
I don’t like Ivy either and yet I like Holly.
Makes no sense.

Love it. It's super cute!

I think it’s really nice, and as I’m not 99 years old, I have no clue who Olive from On the Busses is.

Ignore the haters. There’s no name everyone likes.

There's a little girl that goes to my DDs preschool called Olive, not a name I'd have considered but I actually think it's really nice

I also love olives

Anyone calling a baby Olive needs to be ready to hear grannies mentioning On the Buses. And telling the new parents how awful it is.
My mum was Olive Elsie. Known in the family as OE.

I love it!

Frumpy

Hello. I am genuinely surprised to encounter you .

It's a no from.me