Rivah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies
Rivah by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Rivah.
What we can tell you about Rivah
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 Rivah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Rivariver; also a diminutive of Rebecca45 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riyahflowing water, nourishing wind7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rivkahto bind or join; Hebrew form of Rebecca28 in the US (2017)
- Riah22 in the US (2017)
- Rival3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rivah
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