The name Olive comes from the English word olive and Latin word oliva, referring to the olive tree. It's more than just a nature name, but it's a foodie name (thanks to the fruit of the tree) and a cooking name (thanks to olive oil). Olive was a popular girl's name throughout the first half of the 20th century, but fell off the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 in 1951. It returned in 2007 and has now been a top-200 girl's name every year since 2020. The name is likely here to stay thanks to iconic actress and TV host Drew Barrymore, who named her daughter Olive Barrymore, born in 2012.
