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[ 3 syll. li-via, liv-ia ] The baby girl name Livia is pronounced as L IH V-iy-aa- â . Livia is of Old Norse, Latin, and Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, German, Hebrew, and Italian. Latin origin: It is derived from the word lividus which is of the meaning 'bluish, lead-colored'.orms of Livia include the Hebrew Levia, the name Livi, the name Livie, the name Livya, the name Lyvi, and the name Lyvia. Livia is somewhat popular as a baby girl name.
It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Olivia is  olive tree. Coined by Shakespeare as the name of a much-wooed aristocrat in his play Twelfth Night (1599). He may have derived the name from the olive plant, or as a feminine form of Oliver.livia is a very prominent first name for women (#352 out of 4276, Top 8%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#41596 out of 150436, Top 28%). (2000 U.S. Census). Charted below is the birth name popularity of Olivia for girls.