Message: "Olivette?" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Olivette?

by Libby2

3/29/2008, 6:19 PM

I was searching around earlier for a name for a character and I stumbled across this one. What do you think of it? I think it's sort of a nice alternative to Olivia.

#Olivette

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- BrittneyD

3/30/2008, 11:54 AM

I don't like it. Why would anyone want to name their kid "all of it?" (which is what it sounds like to me). I can tolerate the name Olive but not Olivette...sorry!

This message was edited 3/30/2008, 11:55 AM

- -=A=- (Avgvst)

3/29/2008, 8:41 PM

Olivet

I always thought Olivet was rather endearing. There is Mount Olivet, also known as the Mount of Olives.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olivet

- Julia (JuliaF) +2

3/29/2008, 6:41 PM

It sounds like a little olive to me. It also has the -ette ending, which makes it sound very dated and cutesy. I am not a fan, sorry.

- Aileen (aileenbean)

3/29/2008, 7:34 PM

Ditto

- Libby2

3/29/2008, 6:44 PM

Agreed...

The character is sort of that way, and that's why I considered it. I think I might change it, but I'm not really too concerned right now.

Thanks for your imput though!

- Amazing +2

3/29/2008, 6:25 PM

Anything is a nicer alternative to Olivia(which i hate), "sorry if i'm being too harsh". I also like, Olivine!

- Libby2 +1

3/29/2008, 6:42 PM

Oh no, I agree. Olivia I like, but I don't really want to use it because it is so popular. Olivine is nice too, and I'll probably consider it instead of Olivette. Olivine seems to have a more finite ending.

- Amazing

3/29/2008, 7:14 PM

Some other "O" names!

Octavia
Ophelia
Olympia
Ondine
Orla
Oprah
Opal
Odessa
Orlaith
Obelia
Oda
Odala
Odelette
Odelia
Odella
Odera
Odette
Ohanna
Okelani
Oksana
Oktavija
Olathe
Olba
Olena
Olesia
Olethea
Olga
Olinda
Olive
Olono
Omega
Ona
Onida
Onora
Oola
Oona
Ophira
Ora
Oralia
Orana
Orane
Orenda
Orianna
Oribel
Oriel
Orinda
Oriole
Orla
Orlanda
Orlantha
Orlena
Orsa
Orsola
Ortense
Ortensia
Orva
Othilia
Ottavia
Ove

- Nicola +6

3/29/2008, 6:24 PM

Olivette sounds like a small olive or salad dressing that you'd have in a restaurant! If you're a fan of -ette endings (which I am), I suggest, Lisette, Yvette, Rosette, or Suzette as nicer alternatives.

- Jasmine (guest)

3/30/2008, 12:42 AM

That's the first thing I thought of.

- Libby2 +4

3/29/2008, 6:38 PM

Ha....a salad dressing.

I suppose that would make sense. It would be better to use one of those names you suggested, but I sort of have to use a name that starts with an O. So it's either Olivette or Olivia or one of the tons of other O names I'm not really seeing as fitting.

- Nicola +1

3/29/2008, 6:57 PM

HOw about...

I really like Ocypete (pronounced Ok-sip-it-tee)its a name of a Harpy in Greek Mythology. I love the sound. The only other nice 'O' names that come to mind at the moment are; Orla and Octavia...

- Libby2

3/29/2008, 7:05 PM

Thanks...

Ocypete might be a bit too weird in the school setting. Orla might work though and I'll keep it in mind.

- donnor +1

3/29/2008, 6:57 PM

What about Ophelia?

- Libby2

3/29/2008, 7:02 PM

Maybe Ophelia....(

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