Ylva
A girls’ name of Old Norse origin, meaning she-wolf.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Ylva by the numbers
Ylva was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ylva. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yevaspelling variant of Eva or Yeva; life7 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a wolf
Like Ylva, each of these has a wolf in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Guadaluperiver of the wolf439 in the US (2017)
- Rudifamous wolf; diminutive of Rudolf110 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lupitalittle wolf; diminutive of Lupa81 in the US (2017)
- Rudolphfamous wolf; form of rudolf40 in the US (2017)
- Lowellyoung wolf; wolf-like36 in the US (2017)
- Randalshield wolf; variant of Randall27 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ylva
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