Given name & surname
Olivera
“olive tree”
Olivera is a feminine form of Oliver. An “olive tree” interpretation is associated with Oliver, but it does not settle the name’s original meaning.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Olivera is a feminine form of Oliver. An “olive tree” interpretation is associated with Oliver, but it does not settle the name’s original meaning.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Olivera is a feminine form of Oliver. Oliver reached English through Norman usage. Oliver’s deeper origin is probably Germanic, although its exact earlier form is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Olivera is a feminine form of Oliver. In Filipino usage, Olivera as a surname developed from OLIVEIRA. Olivera is a feminine form of Oliver. The shared background comes through Oliver: The French form Olivier resembles a Late Latin word for an olive tree. Oliver also appears among legendary companions with Germanic names, suggesting that Olivier may have reshaped an older Germanic name, perhaps Olaf. That deeper connection remains uncertain.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Olivera is a feminine form of Oliver. The history of Oliver gives this family its wider story. In the medieval Song of Roland, Olivier is Roland’s thoughtful and cautious companion in arms. This places the name in the world of Charlemagne’s legendary paladins.
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Olivera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 0 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,481 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,481 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 417 as a first name in 2020; 9,052 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Olivera’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Olivera is a feminine form of Oliver. In Macedonian usage, Olivera is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Оливера. In Filipino usage, Olivera as a surname developed from the Portuguese form OLIVEIRA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Olivera has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Olivera
- Olivera LazarevićSerbian Princess and the wife of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I1372–1444
- Olivera JevtićSerbian long-distance runnerborn 1977
- Olivera Markovićactress (1925–2011)
- Olivera InjacMontenegrin politician and professorborn 1972
- Olivera KatarinaSerbian actor, singer and writer1940–2026
- Olivera LakićMontenegrin investigative reporterborn 1969
- Olivera NikolovaMacedonian writer (1936–2024)
- Olivera MoldovanCanoeistborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Olivera, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Anumatea
Anumatea is a variant of Anumati. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, moon goddess of prosperity, intellect, children, and spirituality.”
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Anumatie
Anumatie is a variant of Anumati. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, moon goddess of prosperity, intellect, children, and spirituality.”
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Oilbhries
“olive tree”
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Saraswaty
“owning water; in Hinduism, a river goddess”
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