Aivah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 25 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
25
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aivah by the numbers

Aivah was given to 25 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 38 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Aivah

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 Aivah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Avahlife; bird; a respelling of Ava514 in the US (2017)
  • Aizahmighty, powerful; feminine form of Aziz75 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ailahdeer; gazelle9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aijahmy father is Yahweh; a form of Elijah11 in the US (2017)
  • Ayvah141 in the US (2017)
  • Airah60 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Aivah

Names that are said the same way as Aivah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
  • Ayvalife; a respelling of Ava226 in the US (2017)
  • Avvafather5 in the US (2017)
  • Aiva8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Avea15 in the US (2017)
  • Aava14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Aivah

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