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It's got all the things I like in a name. It's old school, it's quirky, it's got cute nickname potential (Ollie, or Liv or Livvy), it's got presence and soul. It's not just pretty syllables. Olive means business. It's gutsy.
I don't think it sounds silly. It sounds smart and aware of itself. A kid miiiight get teased because olives are food, and because it is such a serious name (I think Olive is on par with less user-friendly names like Edith, Mildred, and Edna - it has that strength and musk to it). However with other grandma-esque no-nonsense names like Matilda and Henrietta becoming more popular, I think Olive is actually quite fashionable now.
For some reason I really want to pair Olive with a red-hot name, something brassy and scrappy, like Olive Ramona, Olive Roxanne, Olive Eliza, Olive Rita, Olive Harriet, Olive Ida, Olive Lola, Olive Nell, Olive Alberta. I don't know, some of those are pretty clunky, but that's how I see Olive.
I don't think it sounds silly. It sounds smart and aware of itself. A kid miiiight get teased because olives are food, and because it is such a serious name (I think Olive is on par with less user-friendly names like Edith, Mildred, and Edna - it has that strength and musk to it). However with other grandma-esque no-nonsense names like Matilda and Henrietta becoming more popular, I think Olive is actually quite fashionable now.
For some reason I really want to pair Olive with a red-hot name, something brassy and scrappy, like Olive Ramona, Olive Roxanne, Olive Eliza, Olive Rita, Olive Harriet, Olive Ida, Olive Lola, Olive Nell, Olive Alberta. I don't know, some of those are pretty clunky, but that's how I see Olive.
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