Ivah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ivah by the numbers

Ivah was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 28 babies in 1895, making it a 1890s name.

What we can tell you about Ivah

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

  • Ivagift of god; diminutive of ivan or similar115 in the US (2017)
  • Ilahthe deity; goddess24 in the US (2017)
  • Irahwatchful; vigilant; a form of Ira7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Idahbeloved; variant of ida5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Iyah3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ivah

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