Definition of "Olive"

Olive

proper noun
1. A female given name from English.
  Quotations
  And hear me swear a solemn oath, / That only by thy side / Will I to Olive plight my troth, / And gain her for my bride.
  1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Talking Oak
  "Elspie, I have a thought! The baby shall be christened Olive!""It's a strange, heathen name, Mrs. Rothesay.""Not at all. Listen how I chanced to think of it. This very morning, just before you came to waken me, I had such a queer, delicious dream. [ - - - ] Then I looked up, after awhile, and saw standing at the foot of the bed a little angel—a child-angel—with a green olive-branch in its hand. [ - - - ] "
  1850, Dinah Craik, Olive, Chapman and Hall, page 26
  There was Olive, a soft drowsy girl who didn't like me because I called her Olive Oyl. Even after I was made to apologize she didn't like me.
  2006, Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, pages 227–228
2. A surname.
3. (rare) A male given name from English.
4. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A community in the city of Orange, Orange County, California.
  2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
  3. An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, named after a Baptist church.
  4. An unincorporated community in Powder River County, Montana.
  5. A town in Ulster County, New York, from the bible story of dove and olive branch.
  6. An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma, from the girl's name.
  7. An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
  8. An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
  9. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Olive Township.