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$Title{Names for Girls: O}
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Editors of Consumer Guide
Harder, Kelsey}
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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)