Meaning: Its source is oliva, a Latin name meaning "Olive."

Popularity: The name Alivia ranked 462nd in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics.

Narrative: This was introduced by Shakespeare as the name of a much-wooed aristocrat in his play Twelfth Night (1599). The derivation given assumes that his source was the olive plant, but he might have conceived the name as a female form of Oliver.