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My name is Livia. I was named after my maternal grandmother who came to America from Italy. People usually call me Liv or Livi. I prefer to be called Livia or Liv. I'm proud to have my grandmothers' name.

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Livia is my grandmother's name. She was given her name by her older brother (by 7 years), Livio, who wanted to name his new sister after himself! She immigrated to the United States from Italy in 1928 as a child, and was given the name Laura by her school teachers because they thought it was a more fitting American name. Now, as an 88-year-old woman, she goes by Livia, pronounced LEE-vee-a.

My cousin's name is Livia and she's wicked cool.

Nicknames for Livia: | Edit

My name is Livia and people normally call me Liv or Liv-Liv. Sometimes even Libby or Liddy!

We call my best friend Livi or Lia

Meanings and history of the name Livia: | Edit

Feminine form of the Latin name Livius.

Famous real-life people named Livia: | Edit

Livia Drusilla, wife of Caesar Augustus and mother of the Julio-Claudian emperor Tiberius, ancestress of Nero, Caligula, and Clauduis. She is given a pretty harsh critique in Robert Graves's novel "I, Claudius"

Livia in song, story & screen: | Edit

Livia is the manipulative, troubled mother of Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos"
Livia Beale, a fictional character on the television drama Journeyman
Livia Frye, a fictional character on the soap opera All My Children