WDYT of the name [name_f]Alivia[/name_f]? I’m starting to really like it. 
I prefer [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] they are pronounced the same.
I don’t like it. For one, I had to work with the most horrendous [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] (2) at the daycare so that makes me not like it anyway, but I also just feel like it’s a misspelling of [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]. They’re said the same so why does it need an A?
I have to turn this down. As popular as [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] is, [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] is even worse in my opinion because it would never be spelled correctly. (Think about it - when you dictate it to someone, they are just going to hear it as “[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]”). I prefer just [name_f]Livia[/name_f], because it’s still a legitimate name with nice meaning, but still puts a twist on [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]. However, a teacher at my school named her daughter [name_f]Alivia[/name_f], and I have to say, it could definitely be worse.
I don’t pronounce [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] and [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] the same. I say oh-livia for [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], and ah-livia for [name_f]Alivia[/name_f].
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] and [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] are the same here. [name_m]Even[/name_m] if you pronounce them differently, chances are her friends, colleagues, acquaintances, etc. won’t. She’ll be “[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]-with-an-a” throughout school. [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] is so much prettier. Please stick with the legit spelling.
@casilda: [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] is not the same as [name_f]Alivia[/name_f]. [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] is currently in the top 200, so it has become a legit spelling.
It has the feel of a yoonique spelling. It reminds me of that parody mommy blog where the mom named her daughter [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] spelled “Ahlivyiah” or something. I get that its apparently a genuine alternate spelling, but it looks/feels fake to me, and most people will think you were trying to be “creative” rather than that you were using an established alternative.
[name_f]Alivia[/name_f] is a modern invention. It was made up by some kre8tif parents who liked [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] but didn’t care for the name’s popularity so decided to change the spelling and make it “youneek”. [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] has no depth and no history. [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] or the Italian [name_f]Livia[/name_f] are fine. [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] is their poor illegitimate relation.
When I worked at a daycare I had an [name_f]Alyvia[/name_f] in my class and seeing her name in writing made me cringe inside. [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] is much prettier and legit.
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] is a gorgeous classic. [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] is just trying too hard.
It’s alright. I don’t love it, or [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], but it’s alright. I pronounce the 2 differently, and see them as 2 different names. And whether or not a name as any history or not means absolutely nothing to me because I couldn’t care less how much history a name has.
I have to disagree with the croud. I’d never give my child a yoonek spelling, but [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] looks prettier than [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] in my opinion.
[name_f]Olevia[/name_f] is my preferred variant of [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] (it’s older than [name_f]Alivia[/name_f], for one) - I second the suggestion of [name_f]Livia[/name_f]. Sorry!
I also vote for [name_f]Livia[/name_f]. I think it looks prettier than [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] (or [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], in my eyes), and I like the sound better.
I agree that [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] has a very invented feel. [name_f]Livia[/name_f], though, reminds me of [name_u]Tony[/name_u] Soprano’s awful mother! [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] is a lovely name. Most people pronounce either with the schwa (ə) at the beginning, so it’d be basically the same thing.
Wow, I can’t believe poor [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] is getting so much hate! 
Yes, it is the same as [name_f]Alivia[/name_f]. [name_m]Just[/name_m] because a spelling is in the top 200 doesn’t mean it’s a “legit” spelling. :shock: I have a creative spelling of a name that was in the top 10 the year of my birth. Doesn’t make my spelling legit just because hundreds of other mothers used it.
If [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] sticks around for 100+ years then yes, I guess it does become a more legit spelling (a la [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Kathryn[/name_f], [name_f]Katharine[/name_f], etc.).
@casilda: If YOU’RE not the only one to use it, it’s legit. [name_f]Brooklynn[/name_f], for example, is a legit spelling of [name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u]. [name_f]Alivia[/name_f] cooks a a legit spelling/variation of [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]. That simple, honey.
[name_f]Em[/name_f], if all you wanted was for people to tell you now much they loved it, I’m sorry, you obviously won’t get that and you should accept the good with the bad rather than getting rude. Casilda, you be polite as well.
[name_f]Em[/name_f], if you are going to get mad about people not liking this name and being rude, I’ll just go ahead and close it.
Thank you.