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.
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 (), second wife of the Roman Emperor Galba’s father Livia Orestilla, Roman empress (in 37 or 38) of Emperor Caligula Livia Medullina Camilla (), second fiancee of the future emperor Claudius
Other
Livia d'Arco (c. 1565–1611), Italian singer
Livia Brito (born 1986), Cuban-Mexican actress
Livia Klausová (born 1943), Czech economist
Lívia Rév (1916–2018), Hungarian musician
Livia Turco (born 1955), Italian politician
Livia Zita (born 1984), Hungarian graphic designer and singer, and the wife of King Diamond Livia Millhagen (born 1973), Swedish actress Livia Altmann (born 1994), Swiss ice hockey player Livia von Plettenberg (born 1988), Austrian kickboxer Livia Lancelot (born 1988), French motocross racer Lívia Andrade (born 1983), Brazilian actress and TV presenter Lívia Járóka (born 1974), Hungarian politician Livia Giuggioli (born 1969), Italian film producer Lívia Mossóczy (1936–2017), Hungarian table tennis player Livia Frege (1818–1891), German soprano singer Lívia Rusz (1930–2020), Romanian-Hungarian graphic artist Lívia Renata Souza (born 1991), Brazilian MMA 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’’