Olive
f.
Latin oliva 'olive, olive-tree'.
The name of a (perhaps legendary) 9th C Sicilian saint.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1381 Oliva (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 82,
Olive (nom) ibid. p. 84,
Olyva (nom) ibid. p. 108
- English
- ● 1572 Olive StAnthonlin p. 22;
1592 Ollyfe BEmar-vol1 p. 15;
1597 Olive DEmar-vol2 p. 36;
1598 Olive SaxhamSf p. 57
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Uliva (nom) BBC-Berg 270
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1488 Oliva (nom) carbonell p. 18
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Olive". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Olive.