Olive vs Olivia

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I have been contemplating going from Olivia to Olive. What say you?

[mags]

I'm not a huge fan of Olivia, but it is way better than an olive!

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Feb 3, 2015 6:20:48 GMT -5 @blackpearl08 said:

Honestly I don't love either and Olivia over the top popular but I don't like to eat olives so I hate that name.

This just made me LOL. 

[missycee]

Even though Olivia is very popular I would pick that over Olive without hesitation.

[EvaAzalea]

So far I am the minority, but I prefer Olive, and I tend to lean towards names that end in an -ah sound. The popularity of Olivia is just such a turn off to me.

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Neither are a favorite of mine, but I prefer Olivia. Olive is a food/color to me.

[brittneysandra]

You could go with Olivia with nn Olive....?

[Idani]

I prefer Olive. I really like it. I do know an Olivia that goes by Olive but personally I am not a fan of that route.

[ellabb043]

Olive. Olivia is so overused and popular that it rules it out completely for me. Olive was on our list but after talking about it we just aren't cool enough to have a kid named Olive. :-)

[bromios]

Olivia is much better than Olive, but Livia is much better than either of them.

[daystardreams]

I think I like Olive better and I love the suggestion of Livia!

[mynameiscarrie]

I am a solid veto on the name Olive. I think if she wanted to be called that as a NN for Olivia it'd be different, but Olive as a first name is NMS at all.

I like the name Olivia a lot. I think that, while it is trendy now, it will always be a popular name. It's not a "insertnamehere-leigh" trendy name.

Livia is pretty.

[DanaScullyX]

I love Olive! Olivia is too popular, and I really don't like Livia.

[ashiscute]

I think Olivia is very popular but also very pretty. Olive isn't pretty at all. I don't see the appeal.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Out those two, absolutely Olivia. I prefer Livia to either one, though.

[setsuna17]

Olivia is 50x better than Olive. All I think of is Olive Oyl, who isn't really attractive or anything.

[reginaphalange]

I LOVE Olive! It was my grandmother's name and I would use it if it worked in French

[normadix]

I am so over Olivia even though I think it is a beautiful name.

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Feb 3, 2015 19:42:21 GMT -5 @blackpearl08 said:

I really like Livia. @ajzmommy would that be easy to pronounce in Spanish since most of your family is Spanish speaking?

It would be easy. I'm going to give it a try with them and seem how we like it. 

[Bubbles]

I love Olivia and even though it's popular, I don't know any. Olive is ok, but not nearly as beautiful as Olivia.

[zebrapanther1311]

I love both but Olive gets a slight edge. It has a simple yet beautiful feel to it much like Jane or Anna but not so common. I also like the name Livia.

[heyitsmamac]

I love Olive. Olivia is pretty but too popular for my taste.