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Chava

What does Chava mean?

Chava Pronunciation of Chava as a girls' name is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Chava is "life". Can also mean "living being", or be from a Hebrew expression meaning "serpent". Hebrew form of Eve.

STARTS WITH Cha-

ASSOCIATED WITH life, serpent (dragon)

Variations

VARIANTS Ava, Chabah, Chaya, Chayka, Eva, Eve, Hava, Haya, Kaija

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Chaca, ..

(male) Chaco, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Chava Paris (C.P.), ..

How popular is Chava?

Chava is an uncommon given name for females. Chava is also a unique surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Chava entered the list in 2011 and reached its highest position of #1874 in the U.S. in 2016, but is not in the list at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Chava name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Chava outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Chava are Ava (#3 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Chaya (#640), Eva (#75) and Eve (#442). These relations of Chava were popular in 2016 (ADOPTION OF 1.2%) and have remained as common to this day (ADOPTION 1.2%, 4%), but with the version Eva becoming less stylish. Ava, Chaya and Eve are three of the more chic names for newborns among these.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Chava, Ava, Chaya, Eva, Eve in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Ava, Eva, Eve outside U.S.

Similar Names

Chava is pronounced similarly to Sheva. Other recommended sound-alike names are Achava, Ahava, Ahuva, Arava, Cala, Cama, Cara, Ceara, Cha-, Chaba, Chalia, Chana, Chanae, Chanah, Chanda, Chanha, Chani, Chania, Channa, Chanta, Chanya, Char, Chara, Chari, Charla, Charma, Charo, Chasta, Chavela, Chaviva, Chayan, Chela, Chiana, Chiara, China, Chita, Chuma, Chyna, Ciana, Ciara, Claea, Clara, Cleva, Clova, Corva, Klava, Lehava, Nava, Shalva, Tava, Vava, Wava and Zahava. These names tend to be more frequently used than Chava.

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