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WDYTO Olive for a girl? Is it too old lady-ish? Any middle name suggestions?Thank you
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I don't really like it. I think of the fruit and of Olive Oyl.
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Better than Olivia by far and more antique(m)As mainstream as Olivia is, I still find it matronly.I love olive trees and what they symbolise is lovely too. Olive, is simple, sweet and funky and I like it very much.While it's fine to only find it food like (I can understand that) I don't see how olive being a noun (colour, tree and food item) prevents it from being a "name". It's been used as a name for a long time. I haven't heard anything quite so ridiculous I'm sorry. Using that logic would mean many long used noun names would be non names too.
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I agree.Olive is a great name. I really can't find fault with it.Sadly, I hate the taste of Olives, so using Olive as a name for a future daughter and then calling her namesake disgusting [which it is to me!] might not work. But it sounds great! :D
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I don't like the fruit either. It's nasty!Just say it was for the beautiful tree and what it signifies ;) But, I understand. I don't touch olives myself. Yucky. Although, the oil is fine.
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I love it, but I hate Olivia for some weird reason. I like Olive paired with either a longer feminine name (Olive Alexandra, Olive Thomasina, Olive Tabitha, Olive Paloma, Olive Penelope, Olive Sabrina), or another short old-fashioned name (Olive Hazel, Olive Beatrix, Olive Alice)
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I am in love with Olive! If only DH would come around, lol. To me, Olive is earthy and warm. It is also my favorite color. I really haven't thought of combos too much since DH hates it. Here are a few off the top of my head.Olive Rosamund
Olive Eleanor
Olive Miriam
Olive Bernadette
Olive Melisande
Olive VirginiaI really want to put Olive Rosemary, but that's very foodie. =) I do really like it, though.
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It's a food, not a name. I think Olivia is prettier.
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I love it! Maybe not as a first name, but definitely as a middle name. It definitely has an older feel, but it really hit its popularity peak in the 1920s (in the USA at least). There's not a ton of Olives around... so I don't think it's too old-ladyish anymore.Also, olives are symbolically so important; it's a nice connotation.
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I like itI think it more youthful than old lady-ish.
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is a delicios snackSorry, but this name is just too "foody" for me.
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Sibset: Olive & Apple =)I'm only kidding. And I don't like or support anyone sporting the name Apple.Despite the fact that Olive sounds foody (it does) I still like it.
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Lol. Apple is a bit of a GP. So is Plum. For some reason, they feel less foody than Olive, which immediately conveys to me images of martinis, or platters of hors d'oeuvres.
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I've always loved the idea of Olive and Hazel. They go together well. :)
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I know a little girl named Olive (shes almost 2) her full name is Olive Elizabeth Jean Surname.
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