Olive

“olive, fruit of the olive tree”

Girl’s name, of Anglo-Saxon origin. Lire en français

Births per 10,000 babies born in France, from 1986 to 2025 (INSEE).

Meaning and origin of Olive

Olive means “olive, fruit of the olive tree” and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.

Its record year, in INSEE figures going back to 1900, was 1914.
Over recent years, Olive has been rising (+8% a year).
In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Olive every 139 schools.

Olive ranks 34^th in New Zealand, 53^rd in England and Wales and 90^th in British Columbia (Canada), against 1,565^th in France.

New ZealandDIA · 2023-25
34^th girls’ name268 babies in 3 years1 girl in 157+2.2% a year
England and WalesONS · 2023-25
53^rd girls’ name2,502 babies in 3 years1 girl in 307+13.7% a year
British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23
90^th girls’ name102 babies in 3 years1 girl in 389+5.2% a year
ScotlandNRS · 2023-25
127^th girls’ name107 babies in 3 years1 girl in 508+22% a year
Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25
144^th girls’ name38 babies in 3 years1 girl in 592
Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24
151^st girls’ name202 babies in 3 years1 girl in 765+3.5% a year
United StatesSSA · 2023-25
179^th girls’ name5,037 babies in 3 years1 girl in 959+4.6% a year
IrelandCSO · 2023-25
269^th girls’ name46 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,410

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

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