Livia (given name)

Livia was the wife of Augustus and the most powerful woman in the early Roman Empire. Livia is a girl's name of Latin origin, meaning “blue”. From Roman times, this was the female derivative of the family name Livius. Looking back to these days, the color blue, and thus the name Livia, evoke incredible symbolism. Livia is a common feminine given name in countries such as Italy, Brazil, France, Romania, Hungary, Cuba, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland. 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.