Olivo

• Spanish:/oˈli.β̞o/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Olivo is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Òlìvò

• Russian surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Spain

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Оливо

• Finnish surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Peru, Netherlands

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Ölîvö

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Olivo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, Dal lat. olīva/olīvum, “olivo”; nome simbolico cristiano, talvolta dato ai nati la Domenica degli Olivi.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, S. Oliva. palerniitana. 10 giugno. Xome non raro, di etirriologia evidente; l'olivo, sacro a IMinerva, ha un significato siinbolico anche nella religione. cristiana. Per lo pib, è nome clie si dS a chi naace nella Domenica degli Olivi. Cog?~.1.ivi (toscano): I.iva. Livotti, Lius, Liutti. Liussi, Liuzsi (fri'lifani). .. .

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In Italian, forma italiana de Olivus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Variante di Oliva

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In Czech, vocative singular of oliva

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Karen Olivob. 1976USAmerican actress
• America Olivob. 1978USAmerican actress and singer
• Renzo Olivob. 1992ARArgentine tennis player (born 1992)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

50 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 25 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Olivo mean, and where does it come from?

olive tree Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Olivo?

In the etymology graph, Oliva and Olivar are forms of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Olivo?

In Spanish /oˈli.β̞o/ (Wiktionary).

Which countries have the most people with the surname Olivo?

In the United States, the national register counted about 10 thousand people named Olivo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled olivo. After it come Ecuador, Argentina, Spain and Uruguay; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Olivo most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Olivo is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 2.3 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Olivo?

In the United States, the national register counted 10,483 people named Olivo in 2010, about 1 in 32 thousand residents.

How common is Olivo compared with other names?

In Puerto Rico, Olivo is the 258th most common surname of 8,205 surnames recorded there.