Olive
f.
Latin oliva 'olive, olive-tree'.
The name of a (perhaps legendary) 9th C Sicilian saint.
- England
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- 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;
1379 Oliue (nom) WRYPT1 p. 16;
1381 Oliva (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 82,
Olive (nom) ibid. p. 84,
Olyva (nom) ibid. p. 108
- Early Modern English
- ● 1572 Olive StAnthonlin p. 22;
1583 Olyve SurMus p. 186;
1589 Olive COmar-vol2 p. 72;
1592 Ollyfe BEmar-vol1 p. 15;
1597 Olive DEmar-vol2 p. 36;
1598 Olive SaxhamSf p. 57
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Oliva (nom) irminon-vol2 70, Palatiolum;
1311 Oliva (nom) LibSenTou fol. 118,
Olivam (acc) ibid. fol. 118
- Old French
- ● 1313 Olive Paris1313 p. 132
- 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;
1572 Olive ibid. p. 526
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Oliva (nom) BBC-Berg 1249,
Uliva (nom) ibid. 270;
1366 Olivam (acc) Livi 69,
Uliva (nom) ibid. 3
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1488 Oliva (nom) carbonell-I p. 18
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Olive". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Olive.