Given name
Livija
“one who protects others”·“from the olive tree”
Livija is a variant of Liv. Interpretations include “one who protects others” and “from the olive tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Livija is a variant of Liv. Interpretations include “one who protects others” and “from the olive tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Livija through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Livija’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Livija has a conventional equivalent in the English form Livia. Livija has a related form in Liv.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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