Aiva
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Aiva by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Aiva. In the US, 40 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 67 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Aiva
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aiva. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
- Ayvalife; a respelling of Ava226 in the US (2017)
- Aidavisitor, guest; or most happy84 in England and Wales (2025)
- Avivaspring or living; alive and vibrant104 in the US (2017)
- Alvaelf; white; noble friend16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aixaalive; well; variant of Aisha22 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Aiva
Names that are said the same way as Aiva, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Aiva
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