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Olive!

Olive - it's got bags of personality. I like Livia, but not Olivia, it's way too trendy and reminds me of Olivio margarine.

I know some Olivias, and no Olives. Olive will definatly stand out more. Personally, I'd go for Octavia or Ophelia for an O name.

I really like Olive. Very cute. I went to school with an Olive. Olivia is nice too - my cousin's name is Olivia, and she's like 16 so she was a bit ahead of the curve - but Olive is so much better.

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Olive and Rosemary would make a great sibset. Though I think I had a sandwich on rosemary olive bread once....

Olivia. Olive is horrid. The name Olive is horrid. I love the food olives.

Out of those two, I would say Olive, though it seems more like a middle name to me probably because we have a short last name. It would depend on the other names whether it would feel right as a first name.

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Out of all the Olive names, I like Olivine the best. I love Olivine.

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Olive and Rosemary do have a bit of foodie theme going on, but it's kinda cute (and I think people would feel it's a set even with Olivia or Olivine).

Totally Olive by miles and miles

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Olive drowns out Olivia's watery charms with her blaring foghorn of a personality. I'd kill to meet a baby Olive!

Despite its popularity, I prefer Olivia. I've never been able to warm up to Olive.

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Olive fits in with Rosemary a bit better than Olivia, but the sibset Rosemary and Olive reminds me of food, so I prefer Rosemary and Olivia.

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I like both, but I would be more likely to use the grander Olivia. I do not much care for popularity.

Olive goes better with Rosemary. I like Olive a bit more than Olivia b/c Olivia is trendy. Plus I love the Olive Oil character from Poppye the Sailor cartoons! But I should say I do like both-- I don't hate Olivia by any means.

I've never really liked Olivia either, but I've loved Oliver for years. But lately I have been warming up to it just like you. And when I talked to my grandpa like three weeks ago about names he said that one of his relatives had a great middle name that he really LOVED. Of course the name was Olivia -.-
But, I like it a bit more now when I know how much my grandpa likes it. I don't think I will ever use it but it's nice to now that he loves it.

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I still hate Olive though. I just find it dated and ugly. And Maud is even worse. And I think Olivia goes better with Rosemary since it's a little longer.

I like Olive much better. Olivia just has such a trendy princessy feel right now, and Olive is such a fresh alternative. It's simple and sophisticated, and yes, quirky. I think Olive would go better with Rosemary, too.

I love Olive, dislike Olivia. My friend's 2-year-old daughter is named Olive and gets called Ollie sometimes.

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Rosemary and Olive would be sweet.

I like Olive with Rosemary.

Honestly, I'm not a big fan of Olivia either, but I think it goes better with Rosemary.
Olive is good for a character, but too much of a martini or pizza accessory to work on a real person imo.

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(Personal favourite form Olivet / Olivette.)

Olive is too Popeye for me, though you could wake me at midnight for a dish of black olives, and I love the Olivia character in Twelfth Night, so my choice is easy. But I wouldn't use either. There's an Olive in my family tree, nice person, but not nice name, and like you I find Olivia too decorated.But, it would go better with Rosemary than Olive would. Er ... maybe some other plant might be more convenient?

I dislike both. I can't stand Olivia, it is one of my most hated "real" names (in a different category to all the incorrect spellings or tryndee names) and I really have never been able to put my finger on why exactly. I think its because its too pretty and princessy and I know that doesn't really make sense but oh well. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with it, it just really doesn't do it for me.
I like the idea of Olive but my first association is the food and my second is the inferior and superior olive in the brain (I'm a psych student). Its a name I wouldn't mind seeing on someone else's kid but I'd feel kind of goofy calling it across a playground.
Weirdly enough, Oliver is one of my favourite boys names though and I do really like the nns Ollie and Liv and even Livvy...or Via actually for Olivia.

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Rosemary and Olivia sound better as a sibset to me...less foody. Rosemary and Olive sound like they are ingredients from the Italian restaurant's menu :-p