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Girl Names Ending with -va

Va ending baby names and what they mean, with 83 results. -va names are used more often as feminine names. Usage of these girl names is at its apex today (USAGE OF 1.31%), except for names such as Iva which have fallen out of style. Nova (#136) and Ava (#3) are two of the more fashionable names for newborns among these, while Cava (TOP 18%) and Alava (29%) are conventional -va surnames.

-va names

Achava - Clova | Corva - Haviva | Haviva - Nava | Neiva - Wava | Yeva - Zeeva

Achava - Clova

Achava1, var. Ahava1
Stems fr. Hebrew element. "Friendship." Uncommon. Compare Achava, Ahava with common -va surnames Alava (UPPER 29%), Abiva (81%).

Adiva, var. Adeeva
Origin fr. Hebrew word. "Polite, considerate." Adeeva and Adiva are scarce women's names.

Ahava2, var. Ahuva, Ahouva, Achava2
Derivative of Hebrew language. "Friendship." Ahana is a somewhat common birth name.

Akiva, var. Kiva, Keeva, Akeeva
Derivative of Hebrew. "Protect, shelter." Not in popularity charts.

Alva

Alva1
Var. of Albinia. Origin fr. Latin element. "White, fair." Alva is a familiar (TOP 27%) female name, and occurs commonly (TOP 5%) as a last name. Cross-gender use.

Alva2
Root fr. Irish, Gaelic word. "White." Cross-gender use. Less common today. Alva was last recorded in 1960-1969 in the Top 2000.

Alva3
Form of Alba. From Latin. "White." Alva was favored as a birth name 126 years ago, but now, Alva has become somewhat dated. Also used for boys.

Ailbhe and variants

Elva, Alva4
Forms of Ailbhe. Derivative of Irish, Gaelic word. "White." Usage of Alva and Elva as baby names has decreased circa the 1890s.

Arava
Source fr. Hebrew language. "Willow; arid land." Arava is not often used as a girls' name.

Ava and variants

Ava1, var. Ayva
Of uncertain origin, probably German .. Usage of Ava and Ayva as baby names in 2016 was 0.1% less than the year before.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of -va names: Alva, Ava, Aviva, Ayva, Batsheva

Top 2000 baby names ranking of -va names: Belva, Chava, Cleva, Elva, Eva, Viva

Aviva and variants

Aviva, var. Viva, Haviva
Root fr. Hebrew element. "Springtime." Aviva and Viva are more familiar as girls' names among these versions.

Bathsheba and variants

Sheva, Batsheva, Bathseva
Forms of Bathsheba. Origin fr. Hebrew element. "Daughter of oath." Batsheva is widely used as a birth name among the variant forms of Bathsheba.

Belva

Belva1
Var. of Bella. Derivative of Italian, Latin languages. "Beautiful." Belva is a recognizable (TOP 30%) women's name. See also Belvia.

Belva2
Var. of Belle. Stems fr. French. "Beautiful." Belva is a prevalent (TOP 30%) women's name. See also Belia.

Belva3, var. Bellva
.. Author Belva Plain. Belva is a commonly occurring (TOP 30%) women's name, while Bellva is sparsely used.

Branislava
Derived fr. Slavic. "Glorious defender." Outside Top 2000.

Chava and variants

Chava, var. Hava, Eva1, Ava2
Based on Hebrew element. "Life." Ava has grown progressively more popular with parents since the 1980s.

Chaviva and variants

Chaviva, var. Eva2
Origin fr. Hebrew. "Beloved." Prominent, with usage of 0.284% for Chaviva and Eva as girls' names in 2016, higher than 0.28% a year ago.

Cleva

Cleva
Source fr. Middle English element. "Hill-dweller." Somewhat novel as a children's name. See also Clove.

Clova
Form of Clover. Based on Old English language. Modern coinage from the name of .. Unconventional. Clova is not listed in the US Census. See also Clove.

Quick Reference

Summary Index of names [and variants] for -va names for girls.

1. Achava - Clova
Achava [Ahava], Adiva [Adeeva], Ahava [Ahuva, Ahouva, ..], Akiva [Kiva, Keeva, ..], Albinia [Alva], Alva, Alba [Alva], Ailbhe [Elva, Alva], Arava, Ava [Ayva], Aviva [Viva, Haviva], Bathsheba [Sheva, Batsheva, ..], Bella [Belva], Belle [Belva], Belva [Bellva], Branislava, Chava [Eva, Hava, ..], Chaviva [Eva], Cleva, Clover [Clova]


Corvina [Corva], Deva, Devin [Deva], Dove [Dova], Doveva, Edith [Ediva], Elga [Elgiva], Elvira [Elva], Elva, Alfreda [Elva], Elfrida [Elva], Eva [Eeva, Jieva, ..], Evangeline [Eva], Eve [Eva], Geneva [Joneva, Jineva, ..], Genevieve [Janeva, Genoveva, ..], Godiva, Gustava, Hava [Eva, Chava], Habiba [Haviva]


Haviva [Havviva], Ivana [Iva], Ivy [Iva], Jane [Iva], Jenevieve [Jeneva, Jenneva], Caoimhe [Keva, Keeva], Kevina [Keva], Claudia [Klava], Lehava, Olivia [Olva, Oliva, ..], Martha [Marva, Maarva], Malva [Melva], Mauve [Malva], Melba [Melva, Malva], Malvina [Melva, Malva], Marvina [Marva], Melva [Melva], Minerva, Miroslava, Naavah [Nava]


Neiva [Neva], Neva, Nova, Petra [Petrova], Rebecca [Riva], Riva [Reva, Reeva], Shalom [Shalva], Silvana [Silva], Silvia [Silva], Sylvia [Sylva, Silva], Tavia [Tava], Tikva, Tova, Toby [Tova], Treva, Ulva, Varvara [Vava], Viva [Vivva, Veeva], Vladislava, Wava


Yeva, Zahavah [Zahava, Zechava, ..], Ziv [Ziva, Zeeva]

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