Lavae

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Lavae by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 12 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lavae

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

  • Lanae37 in the US (2017)
  • Larae29 in the US (2017)
  • Lavaeh16 in the US (2017)
  • Lavar10 in the US (2017)
  • Laynefrom the lane; a form of Lane443 in the US (2017)
  • Lamarfamous land; from Old German elements282 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lavae

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

  • Laveah38 in the US (2017)
  • Laveyah15 in the US (2017)
  • Lavaya11 in the US (2017)
  • Lavayah4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lavia3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lavya3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Lavae

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