Marva
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.
Babies a year
—
no recent records
Rarity
—
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Marva by the numbers
Its American peak was 371 babies in 1948, making it a 1940s name.
What we can tell you about Marva
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 Marva. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marabitter74 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marwaa fragrant plant; firmness and hardness143 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marlaof mars; a diminutive of Marlene46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Martalady or mistress of the house31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryastar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mary10 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Marva
Nobody has voted for Marva yet
Vote for Marva and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Marva