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Olive
f.
Latin
oliva
'olive, olive-tree'.
The name of a (perhaps legendary) 9th C Sicilian saint.
England
Latin
●
1296
Oliva
(
nom
)
RCS-1
p. 94b
,
Olive
(
gen
)
ibid.
p. 95b
,
Olivia
(
nom
)
ibid.
p. 95b
;
1321
Olivia
(
nom
)
CTG-6
78, p. 302
,
EL-2
p. 162
;
1340xc1450
Oliua
(
nom
)
CovGuild-1
p. 59
;
1377
Oliva
(
nom
)
FenPT-2
p. 6
;
1381
Oliva
(
nom
)
Suffolk1381
p. 82
,
Olive
(
nom
)
ibid.
p. 84
,
Olyva
(
nom
)
ibid.
p. 108
Early Modern English
●
1572
Olive
StAnthonlin
p. 22
;
1589
Olive
COmar-vol2
p. 72
;
1592
Ollyfe
BEmar-vol1
p. 15
;
1597
Olive
DEmar-vol2
p. 36
;
1598
Olive
SaxhamSf
p. 57
France
Latin
●
c823
Oliva
(
nom
)
irminon-vol2
70, Palatiolum
;
1311
Oliva
(
nom
)
LibSenTou
fol. 118
,
Olivam
(
acc
)
ibid.
fol. 118
Middle French
●
1565
Olive
RegPCC-1
p. 127
;
1566
Olive
ibid.
p. 237
;
1567
Olive
ibid.
p. 322
,
Olyve
ibid.
p. 358
;
1568
Olive
ibid.
p. 401
Italy
Latin
●
1265x1339
Uliva
(
nom
)
BBC-Berg
270
Spain
Latin
●
1488
Oliva
(
nom
)
carbonell-I
p. 18
Cite as:
S.L. Uckelman. "Olive". In S.L. Uckelman, ed.
The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources
, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Olive.