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Also used in Spanish. There are 3.720 bearers of this name in Spain (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística). [noted -ed]'Oliva' is also the Spanish word for "olive".
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Also Galician: http://www.ige.eu/igebdt/esq.jsp?idioma=gl&ruta=onomast/nomes.jsp
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_nomes_femininos_en_galego#H
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https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_nomes_femininos_en_galego#H
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I prefer Oliva to Olivia, it's less common. Plus, it's simpler. I prefer Olive, and Oliver for a male. Oliva is not masculine to me.
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This name is not just a feminine name. My husband's father's middle name is Oliva. His grandfather (my husband's great-grandfather), in turn, was named Oliva as a first name. It was also the name the father of the Dionne Quintuplets. My husband's family is French Canadian (like the Dionnes) and so I'm guessing that Oliva has a French root.
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Also, it seems Oliva is a surname of Spanish origin and the name of several towns in Spain, Navarre, Italy and Poland. There was also a famous abbot of this name from Catalonia in the 10th century.
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I prefer Oliva more than Olivia which has become too popular, and Olive is a bit old fashioned. It's a nice spelling as a female version of Oliver.
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