please vote on our girl name! Olive or Olivia?

[Anonymous]

What about Livia? It is much less common than Olivia, has a strong namesake (Emperor Augustus' wife) and works well with the nickname Liv.

[Anonymous]

Olive.

Olivia is trendy and overused.

Olive is serious and classic.

Your DD will thank you later.

If you want a cute nickname to use when she is young, Liv is nice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

igw80 wrote:I like Olivia...you could always change the spelling: Alivia? just a thought...

Absolutely not. What is the point of misspelling names? She introduces herself and people will automatically think her name is spelled "Olivia" and then she'll have to correct them and say, "Actually, it's Alivia with an A". I just don't get this. I know people do this all the time, but I think it's idiotic.

BTW, Olive = slightly hipster (like naming her Ruby) and Olivia = totally mainstream, will be one of many Olivias in school and will have to be identified in some other way, either by the first letter of your last name (i.e. "Olivia M.") or by some characteristic ("you know, Short Olivia")

But hipster does not equal attractive. Think of the poor child. Is she going to feel cool that her parents, in an effort to be hip and unusual, named her after a fruit (actually, are olives fruits?). Just because Borat and his chickie did it does not make it ok for a NWDC trying-too-hard-to-be hipster to follow suit. We are not in Hollywood, and she will be teased. If Olivia is too trendy, go with something else entirely.

My favorite aunt's name is Olive. It is not hip and unusual; it is classic.

[Anonymous]

Olive...Oil? The girlfriend of Popeye? Ugh.

Or as a PP mentioned, Greek, Kalamata, Spanish, Nicoise, etc. Horrid name. Not hipster or classic.

Olivia isn't bad, but terribly overused at the moment.

As for spelling it "Alivia", just..NO.

[Anonymous]

Why not add Ginger while you're at it.... Olive Ginger or Ginger Olive. So not for Livia, it reminds me of Labia or Vulva for some reason ewww

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about Livia? It is much less common than Olivia, has a strong namesake (Emperor Augustus' wife) and works well with the nickname Liv.

Yes, agree, but then I am the PP who already suggested this a while ago on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Olivia.
I like olives (green, black, with peppers, with cheese...)but not for girl names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

igw80 wrote:I like Olivia...you could always change the spelling: Alivia? just a thought...

Absolutely not. What is the point of misspelling names? She introduces herself and people will automatically think her name is spelled "Olivia" and then she'll have to correct them and say, "Actually, it's Alivia with an A". I just don't get this. I know people do this all the time, but I think it's idiotic.

BTW, Olive = slightly hipster (like naming her Ruby) and Olivia = totally mainstream, will be one of many Olivias in school and will have to be identified in some other way, either by the first letter of your last name (i.e. "Olivia M.") or by some characteristic ("you know, Short Olivia")

But hipster does not equal attractive. Think of the poor child. Is she going to feel cool that her parents, in an effort to be hip and unusual, named her after a fruit (actually, are olives fruits?). Just because Borat and his chickie did it does not make it ok for a NWDC trying-too-hard-to-be hipster to follow suit. We are not in Hollywood, and she will be teased. If Olivia is too trendy, go with something else entirely.

My favorite aunt's name is Olive. It is not hip and unusual; it is classic.

Is classic a euphemism for old-fashioned?

[Anonymous]

Just a comment on the claim of Olivia being overused. We named our son Jack despite all the criticism that it was a trendy name. He has yet to have another Jack in his class. (He is 5 and has been in school since he was 2). There are a coulple of other Jacks in the whole school. But there are a number of Johns, Michaels, and other "classic" names.

So dont' worry about the claims it is "trendy" if you like it. It will last a whole lifetime and your daughter will mix with all age groups as she gets older and I bet there won't be another Olivia in the whole lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just a comment on the claim of Olivia being overused. We named our son Jack despite all the criticism that it was a trendy name. He has yet to have another Jack in his class. (He is 5 and has been in school since he was 2). There are a coulple of other Jacks in the whole school. But there are a number of Johns, Michaels, and other "classic" names.

So dont' worry about the claims it is "trendy" if you like it. It will last a whole lifetime and your daughter will mix with all age groups as she gets older and I bet there won't be another Olivia in the whole lot.

totally agree!! we have an olivia and we just loved the name and i haven't regretted it for a second. and in fact we don't know any other olivia's in her group/class/gymnastics, etc...

[Anonymous]

Olive is HORRIBLE. It's too trendy & once it goes out of style your daughter will hate you for giving her such stupid sounding name. Olivia is much better & if you really want to, you can call her Olive as a nick name. But please don't put Olive on her birth certificate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Olive is lovely. Ignore the grumps. It is a classic name.

Completely agree. I love "real" names, with meaning, none of this made up stuff. Olive is very old, but since it hasn't been used much in the past 50 years (I know a lot of Olives in my great grandmother's generation), it seems very fresh. I can see it for a girl, a teen, a power attorney, or artist. It totally works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Olive is lovely. Ignore the grumps. It is a classic name.

Completely agree. I love "real" names, with meaning, none of this made up stuff. Olive is very old, but since it hasn't been used much in the past 50 years (I know a lot of Olives in my great grandmother's generation), it seems very fresh. I can see it for a girl, a teen, a power attorney, or artist. It totally works.

I agree.