Durva
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning a type of grass; sacred grass.
Durva by the numbers
In 2025, 18 babies in England and Wales were named Durva. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Durva. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Durgainaccessible; Hindu goddess3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Darladarling; a form of Darlene124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dariawealthy, well-off45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Daryawealthy, possessor of riches12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Dunyaworld or life30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Deevagoddess or divine female; a form of Deva8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean holiness
Like Durva, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Arianavery holy; form of Ariadne3,870 in the US (2017)
- Ariannamost holy; form of Ariadne3,264 in the US (2017)
- Isabelledevoted to God; form of Elizabeth814 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Trinitythe holy trinity or three in one1,864 in the US (2017)
- Izabelladevoted to God; variant of Isabella1,220 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Durva
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