Olive Family History
Olive Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Olive from Latin oliva ‘olive’ introduced from Normandy and France after the Conquest. English: variant of Olliff or Oliver . Catalan (Olivé): variant of Oliver . French: metonymic occupational name for a gatherer or seller of olives or an extractor or seller of olive oil or perhaps a topographic name from olive ‘olive’ (see Oliva ). Americanized form of Italian and perhaps also Catalan Spanish or Portuguese Oliva .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022