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The Ultimate Baby Name Book


Names for Girls:  O


Octavia            Latin "eighth."  Octavia was the wife of Mark Anthony,
                   but she is not nearly as well known as his mistress,
                   Cleopatra.
       Nicknames:  Tavi, Tavy
      Variations:  Octavie (French), Ottavia (Italian)

Octavie (see Octavia)

Ofelia (see Ophelia)

Ofilia (see Ophelia)

Olena (see Helen)

Olenka (see Olga)

Olga               Russian helga, "holy."  This is a very old Russian name,
                   possibly derived from a Norse word.
     Famous name:  Olga Korbut (gymnast)
      Variations:  Elga, Helga, Olenka, Olia, Olive, Olivia

Olia (see Olga)

Olicia (see Alice)

Olimpia (see Olympia)

Olinka (see Olivia)

Oliva (see Olivia)

Olive (see Olga, Olivia)

Olivette (see Olivia)

Olivia             Latin "olive tree."  Shakespeare made Olivia popular with
                   his play Twelfth Night, in which Olivia is a rich and
                   beautiful countess.
    Famous names:  Olivia de Havilland (actress)
                   Olivia Hussey (actress)
       Nicknames:  Ollie, Olly, Liv, Livia, Livvie
      Variations:  Livy, Nola, Nollie, Olga, Olinka (Russian), Oliva, Olive,
                   Olivette, Olva

Ollie, Olly (see Olivia)

Olva (see Olivia)

Olympe (see Olympia)

Olympia            Greek "heavenly" from Mount Olympus.  Olympus was the
                   mountain home of the gods and goddess of Greek mythology.
                   In Offenbach's popular opera Tales from Hoffman, Olympia is
                   one of the heroines.
    Famous names:  Olympia Dukakis (actress)
                   Olympia Snowe (politician)
      Variations:  Olimpia (Italian and Portuguese), Olympe (French),
                   Olympie (German)

Olympie (see Olympia)

Omada (see Aime)

Ona (see Winifred, Una)

Ondine (see Undine)

Oni (see Anne)

Oona (see Una)

Opal               Sanskrit upala, "gem stone."  A "jewel" name that is not
                   often used today.
      Variations:  Opalina, Opaline

Opalina (see Opal)

Opaline (see Opal)

Ophelia            Greek ophelos, "help"; also, Greek ophis, "serpent,
                   sinuous."  This is the name of the mad, tragic heroine of
                   Shakespeare's Hamlet.
      Variations:  Ofelia, Ofilia, Ophelie (French), Oprah

Ophelie (see Ophelia)

Oprah              Hebrew "a fawn."  This name was very unusual until the
                   1980s when the success of actress and talk-show hostess
                   Oprah Winfrey made it a household word, and parents began
                   to name their daughters in her honor.

Ora                Latin arum, "gold"; also, a variation of Aurora.  A longer
                   form of this name, Oriana, was used by poets in verses
                   about Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Anne of England.
      Variations:  Oriana, Oriene

Oralia (see Aurelia)

Orel (see Aurelia)

Orelee (see Aurelia)

Orelia (see Aurelia)

Oriana (see Aurelia, Ora)

Oriel (see Aurelia)

Oriene (see Ora)

Oriette (see Aurelia)

Orlena (see Aurelia)

Orlene (see Aurelia)

Orsel (see Ursula)

Orseline (see Ursula)

Ortensia (see Hortense)

Ottavia (see Octavia)