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Yes, it is super popular, and yes, it is gorgeous. If you love it, use it. I don't like it with Noah, which I see as strictly a boy's name. My daughter is 6 1/2 and of all the years of her being in preschool, kindergarten, dance etc. she hasn't had any Olivias in any of her classes! But I do hear of it fairly often.

I only know two Olivia's. My DD (It's middle name) and a friends daughter. I love it btw, popularity doesn't make me feel any different.

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I like Noah for a boy, but I dislike it on a girl. Sorry. :(

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Olivia is beautiful, but Noah Olivia is an awkward combo. I think it's the "ah-oh" sound that links them - it's a bit of a tongue twister.

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I do not know a single Olivia! so I've been spared its apparent blistering popularity somehow.

Well I love it. I have a great association with it, but I've always liked it. It's not the most interesting of names, but that beats out trendy cutesy kree8tieev any day of the week.

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I can't get into Noah on girl, but the combo works fine. (I know it's completley legit, but it still sounds completley masculine to me)

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I've got no idea, I'm useless at predicting popularity. I wouldn't let it stop me though, not if I loved it enough. I'd use Ella if I hadn't been beaten to it, and thats #1 here, and we only know one other Ella. She's never had another Ella in her daycare, or in her class. We spend an awful lot of at kids places such as the park and playgyms and such, and in a year and a half we've met two other Ella's out and about, and it's been #1 for 4 years. And only one other Olivia- and thats about #3 here. The most popular names are shared by alot less kds than they used to be. Plus most kids adore meeting someone with the same name as them- my two do anyway.

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One Olivia aged 3, one age 7, plus two older Olivia's who are my age (21).

I prefer Olive over Olivia and like Noah better for a boy.

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I know one Olivia.

I know only one person with the name Olivia and its her middle name.
I like Olivia, its pretty and I love the nickname Livvy.

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Noah Olivia sounds cute, I've always thought of Noah as a boys name but it sounds cute on a girl. Though I prefer Noa Olivia or Olivia Noah.

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I think it will be fine to use in ten years time, its up to you what name you choose not anyone else.

I know 1 Olivia who is 19 y/o. I used to think it was so cool and unique back in the day.

Olivia is a pretty name. I only know one Olivia (my 4-year-old cousin), but I know that I've encountered at least one person who has a daughter named Olivia. It's one of those names that I hear a lot, but because I'm not around kids very often, I don't actually know very many Olivias.

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I don't care for Noah Olivia to be honest. I'm just not a fan of the name Noah to begin with, but I really don't care for it for a girl. I prefer the spelling Noa for a girl. Even then, I'm not crazy about the sound of it though.

This message was edited 5/12/2009, 11:16 AM

I like Olivia, but I don't care for it with Noah. IMO, Noah would sound better with a mn that doesn't begin with a vowel.

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Its popularity may fade a little over the next ten years, though I don't think it'll be out of the top 50.

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I've known a total of three Olivias. I went to school with one, and the other two were at the daycare where I worked.

Olivia is beautiful, and it probably will be less popular in a decade. Like queenv said, though, it very well could be worn out and a little dated by then. This isn't a big consideration if you like it as a mn, of course.

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I don't like Noah Olivia; there's too much 'o,' too close together. Olivia Noah is far prettier because of the three syllables between each o.

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Edit: I don't really know them, but I think there are at least a couple Olivias in the under 4 children's groups at my church. I know I've seen their names in the bulletin.

This message was edited 5/12/2009, 10:46 AM

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I'm not much of a fan. Aside from it's popularity, I prefer Livia.

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Olivia will probably be much less popular in 10 years, but it may become dated.

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I can't see Noah on a girl at all. Noa Olivia looks ten times better, imo.

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I love Olivia!
Noah Olivia is sooo cute, im actually starting to like Noah for a girl!
I reckon in 10 years time Olivia will still be in the top 100 maybe, but not in the top 20.

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I actually don't know any Olivia's

I love Olivia, also. The downside, as you are aware, is that suddenly everyone else loves it too.

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It's bound to be less popular in ten years' time, though how much less is hard to say.

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The problem is that if it is less popular, then it will be seen as passe, and people might think, "Jeez, don't they realize that that name used to be mega-popular and became tired out and that's why it finally dropped like a stone? Couldn't they come up with something better?" That's what I think about our next-door neighbors whose three-year-old daughter is named Heather. The surprising thing for me is that I was discussing it with the mom one day, and she had NO IDEA (she's only twenty-one) that Heather was super popular back in the seventies and eighties. Then again, she had no idea that heather is a flower, either. *Palm-slap*.

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But if that doesn't bother you, then go for it, because it's a great name.

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I don't personally know any Olivias. I do know that one of my sister's best friends named her daughter Olivia. That Olivia is probably about ten now.

I think Olivia is lovely, and the popularity wouldn't stop me from using it. I don't like Noah Olivia, though; I think Olivia Noah looks and sounds better.

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Yes, I think its popularity will decrease within the next ten years. If you look at names that were popular ten years ago, you'll notice they are very different from names that are popular now. So if you were to use it then, it shouldn't be a problem.