Livia was the wife of Augustus and the most powerful woman in the early Roman Empire. Livia is a female name of Latin origin, meaning "blue," or of Hebrew origin meaning "garland." From Roman times, this was the female derivative of the family name Livius. Livia is a common feminine given name in countries such as Brazil, Italy, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, France, Romania and Hungary. A variation spelled Livija is also used in Lithuania and Latvia.
Livia was a literary favorite from the sixteenth century, appearing in the plays of John Fletcher and Thomas Middleton, and playing a minor role in Romeo and Juliet. Anna Livia Plurabelle is the name of a character in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake.
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People
Ancient world
Livia (mother of Cato) (c. 120 BC – c. 92 BC), mother of Cato the Younger and grandmother of Marcus Iunius Brutus the Younger
Livia Ocellina (fl. 1st century BC), second wife of the Roman Emperor Galba’s father
Livia Orestilla, Roman empress (in 37 or 38) of Emperor Caligula
Livia Medullina Camilla (fl. 1st century), second fiancee of the future emperor Claudius
Other
Livia Leu Agosti (born 1961), Swiss diplomat
Livia Altmann (born 1994), Swiss ice hockey player
Lívia Andrade (born 1983), Brazilian actress and TV presenter
Livia Brito (born 1986), Cuban-Mexican actress
Līvija Endzelīna (1927–2008), Latvian painter
Livia Frege (1818–1891), German soprano singer
Livia Giuggioli (born 1969), Italian film producer
Lívia Járóka (born 1974), Hungarian politician
Livia Kaiser (born 2004), Swiss figure skater
Livia Klausová (born 1943), Czech economist
Livia Lancelot (born 1988), French motocross racer
Livia Millhagen (born 1973), Swedish actress
Lívia Mossóczy (1936–2017), Hungarian table tennis player
Livia Peng (born 2002), Swiss footballer
Livia Pirocchi Tonolli (1909–1985), Italian freshwater biologist
Lívia Renata Souza (born 1991), Brazilian MMA artist
Lívia Rév (1916–2018), Hungarian musician
Lívia Rusz (1930–2020), Romanian-Hungarian graphic artist
Fictional characters
Livia Beale, on the television drama Journeyman
Livia Frye, on the soap opera All My Children
Livia Soprano, on the television series The Sopranos
Livia (see Eve (Xena)), a name adopted by a character in the television action series Xena: Warrior Princess
Livia Blackthorn, in Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunter Chronicles
Livia Burlando, on the television series ‘’Inspector Montalbano’’
