First names in Hebrew

First name Olive: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

אוליב

Gematria value: 49

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Olive is written אוליב

Olive is the English name of the fruit and tree from which Olivia comes.

Meaning and origin

What does Olive mean?

Meaning: "the olive tree"
Origin: Latin

Olivia comes from the Latin oliva, "the olive, the olive tree". Shakespeare made the name famous around 1600, giving it to the young countess of Twelfth Night, and in the twenty-first century it has become one of the most popular girls' names in the English-speaking world.

Gematria

Olive = 49

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. אוליב has 5 letters:

• אthe letter Aleph1
• וthe letter Vav6
• לthe letter Lamed30
• יthe letter Yod10
• בthe letter Bet2
• Total49

The verse of the name

From the letter Aleph to the letter Bet

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Olive, from א to ב:

אַשְׁרֵי־הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָלַךְ בַּעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים וּבְדֶרֶךְ חַטָּאִים לֹא עָמָד וּבְמוֹשַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָׁב׃

“Happy is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked, who does not linger on the path of sinners, and who does not sit among the scoffers.”

Psalms 1:1

The book of your first name

Olive, in nine pages

• Olive, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Olive
• Olive, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Olive in three answers

How do you write Olive in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Olive is written אוליב. Olive is the English name of the fruit and tree from which Olivia comes.

What is the gematria value of Olive?
Written אוליב, Olive is worth 49: the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Lamed (30) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Bet (2).

What does Olive mean?
The olive tree (origin: Latin). Olivia comes from the Latin oliva, "the olive, the olive tree". Shakespeare made the name famous around 1600, giving it to the young countess of Twelfth Night, and in the twenty-first century it has become one of the most popular girls' names in the English-speaking world.