Mayva

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mayva by the numbers

Mayva was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Mayva

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

  • Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maysawalking with a proud gait35 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayvegreat queen; a form of Maeve3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maeva366 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mayra160 in the US (2017)
  • Mayla29 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Mayva

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

  • Mahva3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maiva3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Mayva

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