Tayva

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

Tayva by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Tayva

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

  • Taylatailor; a form of Taylor90 in the US (2017)
  • Tavapan or plate; cooking vessel7 in the US (2017)
  • Taya195 in the US (2017)
  • Tayvia6 in the US (2017)
  • Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taniafairy queen; a form of Tatiana186 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Tayva

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