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I like Olivia a lot; probably not enough to use because of its popularity though, like you, where I live there aren't so many. And it's a family name, used on a relative back before the First World War when it must have been very exotic. Too exotic for the relative, who went down-market with a thud and called herself Olive, with nn Ollie.

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I wouldn't use Liv or Livia as full names: Liv because I always assume it's Scandinavian and Livia because of one of the toughest and most sinister characters in all of ancient history. Livvy is cute, but apart from Olivia/Olive, all the Olivias I've known have used the full form.