Olivia

For the Dutch pronunciation of Olivia, you can listen to the audio clips featured on the websites below:

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• https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Olivia (in Dutch)
• https://youtu.be/l7pvsX5s6tE (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:01)
• https://youtu.be/4IqlpZ-8jiw (in Dutch; the name is said at 0:02)

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Converted to IPA, it should be: /o:.'li.vi.ja:/ [noted -ed]

Variant English Pronunciation: ə-LIV-ee-ə. [noted -ed]

The name 'Olivia' can be pronounced oh-liv-ee-uh or uh-liv-ee-uh.

ə-LIV-ee-ə not o-LIV-ee-ə in English.

Too often it is pronounced Alivia, which to my Yorkshire ears sounds like I live ere! My husband pointed this out to me, ruining the name for me forever. So I prefer Olive, because it actually gets pronounced with an 'Oh'.

For some reason, the pronunciation of this name sounds so much like "I'll leave ya" to me and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Otherwise, it's a beautiful name.

I've always pronounced it oh-LIV-ee-uh. ^^;

I pronounce Olivia with a very distinct "O." oh-LIV-ee-uh. I have only heard it pronounced this way. I'm on the west coast of the United States.

Listen to the German pronunciation of Olivia here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.