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When I was a little girl, Olivia wasn't nearly as popular as it is now. Sure, I knew a couple Olivia's here and there but it was no Emily or Jessica. So I think that allowed me to formulate an opinion outside the scope and length prior to hyper- exposure. My classmate Olivia was a very fashionable, pretty but painfully shy girl who was otherwise a wallflower in many ways. I thought her name was very pretty & fitted her personality to a T in comparison to several of our classmates names in a sea of Kelly, Kelsey, Kaley, Caitlin, Carrie, etc etc. I was so painfully sick of the C and K names that were fashionable at the time that Olivia felt fresh and rejuvenating. Now, I am a little tired of how often I see it but it is my favorite of the top girl names largely in part because it follows the particular theme for my taste of syllable count, -ia suffix and flare, in which it meets all these criteria. I've noticed and reflected in the past how similar in sound and overall vibe to me Olivia is to one of my top favorites: Lavinia, which feels a bit like anagrams of one another. In fact I've actually even given thought to the possibility of a Lavinia being misheard for an Olivia regularly because of the popularity of Olivia in comparison to the near non-existent numbers to Lavinia, and weighing the possibilities of this confusion in day to day life and it's inconvenience as a result. Regardless, I do really like the name Olivia. Though I wish it would tucker out a bit to preserve it's beauty to me it does have it's earned place in the pantheon of classical lineups. Rest in Peace, Newton-John.

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This message was edited 8/9/2022, 12:17 PM