Oliva (surname)

Oliva is a Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Malagasy and Czech surname meaning "olive".


 * Notable people with the surname include:
 * Achille Bonito Oliva (born 1939), Italian art critic
 * Aythami Artiles Oliva (born 1986), Spanish footballer
 * Carlos Oliva (born 1979), Honduran footballer
 * Criss Oliva (1963–1993), American guitarist
 * Edel Oliva (born 1965), Cuban race walker
 * Erneido Oliva (1932–2020), Cuban-American army general
 * Fernando Nicolas Oliva (born 1971), Argentine retired football player
 * Fernan Perez de Oliva (c.1492–c.1530), Spanish writer
 * Giovanni Paolo Oliva (1600–1681), Italian Jesuit priest
 * Christian Oliva (born 1996), Uruguayan footballer
 * Ignazio Oliva (17th century), Italian painter
 * Isabel Flores de Oliva (1586–1617), Spanish-Peruvian saint
 * Jared Oliva (born 1995), American baseball player
 * Jay Oliva, American storyboard artist
 * Jon Oliva (born 1960), American singer
 * José Oliva (1971–1997), Dominican baseball player
 * Juan Manuel Oliva (born 1960), Mexican politician
 * L. Jay Oliva (1933–2014), American university president
 * Mariana Díaz Oliva (born 1976), Argentine tennis player
 * Mariana González Oliva (born 1976), Argentine retired field hockey player
 * Mauricio Oliva (born 1951), Honduran politician
 * Maximiliano Oliva (born 1990), Argentine footballer
 * Patrizio Oliva (born 1959), Italian boxer
 * Peter Oliva (born 1964), Canadian novelist
 * Sergio Oliva (1941–2012), Cuban bodybuilder
 * Tony Oliva (born 1938), Cuban baseball player
 * Valentin Oliva (born 1998), Argentine singer-songwriter artistically known as Wos
 * Vicente Pascual Oliva (died 1848), Spanish Franciscan missionary
 * Viktor Oliva (1861–1928), Czech painter


 * Fictional characters
 * Biscuit Oliva, a character from Baki the Grappler